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Predictors of stroke favorable functional outcome in guinea, results from the conakry stroke registry
Stroke epidemiology and health care systems are different in Low to middle income countries (LMIC) than in high income countries (HIC) failing HIC based predictive model.    We aimed at identifying the impact of modifiable variables in acute stroke management in Conakry, Guinea as potential predictors of favorable stroke outcome.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 20, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Cisse Abass Fode, Ligot No émie, Conde Kaba, Barry Souleymane Djigué, Toure Mohamed Lamine, Konate Mamadi, Soumah Fode Mohamed, Diawara Karinka, Traore Mohamed, Naeije Gilles Source Type: research

Minimal Setting Stroke Unit in a Sub-Saharan African Public Hospital
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest stroke prevalence along with a case fatality that amounts to 40%. We aimed to assess the effect of a minimal setting stroke unit in SSA Public hospital on stroke mortality and main medical complications. Materials and Methods: The study was set in Conakry, Guinea, Ignace Deen public referral hospital. Clinical characteristics, hospital mortality and main medical stroke complications rates (pneumonia, urinary tract infections, sores and venous thromboembolism) of admitted stroke patients after the installation of a minimal stroke unit equipped with heart rate, bloo...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - August 6, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Translation into Spanish and a preliminary analysis of the psychometric properties of the Newcastle Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Measure (NEWSQOL) questionnaire for rating the quality of life among post-stroke patients.
CONCLUSION: The Spanish version of the NEWSQOL questionnaire is reliable for evaluating the quality of life in post-stroke patients, as well as being well accepted. The questionnaire must be used in more broader samples in order to evaluate its validity and sensitivity. PMID: 29178105 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Revista de Neurologia - November 29, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Soto-Vidal C, Pacheco-da-Costa S, Fernandez-Guinea S, Gallego-Izquierdo T Tags: Rev Neurol Source Type: research