Stroke Care in Pakistan

Increasing incidence of stroke and lack of infrastructure in both urban and rural areas needs immediate attention in Pakistan. There is a high proportion of young stroke with poor stroke outcomes. Acute stroke care is scarce in Pakistan due to the small number of neurologists (1 neurologist per 1 mi...

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Published in:Cerebrovascular diseases extra 2021-10, Vol.11 (3), p.118-121
Main Authors: Farooq, Anjum, Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy, Wasay, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
asia
awareness
care
Data analysis
Epidemiology
Family physicians
Health surveys
Hospitals
Humans
Nursing care
pakistan
Pakistan - epidemiology
Perceptions
Physicians
Population
Risk factors
Stroke
Stroke - diagnosis
Stroke - drug therapy
Stroke - epidemiology
Stroke Spectrum
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
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Summary:Increasing incidence of stroke and lack of infrastructure in both urban and rural areas needs immediate attention in Pakistan. There is a high proportion of young stroke with poor stroke outcomes. Acute stroke care is scarce in Pakistan due to the small number of neurologists (1 neurologist per 1 million population), few stroke units, and limited availability of alteplase (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator) in the country.
ISSN:1664-5456
1664-5456
DOI:10.1159/000519554