Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries face a growing burden of cardiovascular disease
(CVD), attributed to economic, nutritional, demographic, and epidemiological transitions …

Background Diabetes mellitus is one of the modifiable risk factors for stroke. Stroke is
common in Nigeria, but there is a paucity of national data on the frequency of diabetes in …

Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study, recruiting 114 adult patients with stroke and
their caregivers, was done. FIM, EQ-5D-5L, SASC and C-SASC were used to collect data …

PILLAY, Stephanie C. et al. Factors affecting length of hospital stay in stroke survivors in
South Africa: A call for a stroke unit. Afr. j. disabil.(Online)[online]. 2022, vol. 11, pp. 1-7 …

Blood culture tests have a major role in rapid and accurate diagnosis and selection of
optimal antibiotic treatment for infectious diseases. The true-positive and contamination …

Objective: To determine the factors associated with prolonged stay of stroke patients in the
neurology ward. Patients and methods: The study included stroke patients admitted in the …

Background Evidence for the impact of organized stroke multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) on
outcomes in Africa is sparse. Aim To compare stroke outcomes, before and after the …

Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome that is often associated with adverse
outcomes including prolonged hospitalization. This study aims to determine the length of …

Background Despite the known benefits of physiotherapy, the relationship between its time
of referral and the length of stay (LOS) of stroke patients in developing countries has been …

Background: Stroke is defined as a clinical syndrome where sudden onset neurological
deficit appears and remains for 24 hours or more due to vascular compromise. Stroke is the …