TY  - BOOK
AU  -   Mtebe, Evelyn
AU  -  Masikini, Peter
TI  - The Management of Stroke for Inpatients in Bugando Medical Centre
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Mwanza, Tanzania: 
PB  - Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] :   
KW  -  
N2  - Abstract:

Stroke is a syndrome of focal neurologic deficit that develops suddenly and lasts more than 24 hours in a person with no history of recent head injury. If less than 24 hours, it is called a transient ischemic attack (TIA). Strokes can be categorized as ischemic (embolic or thrombotic) or hemorrhagic (intracerebral or subarachnoid). Main risk factors for stroke in Africa are hypertension which is a major leading cause, diabetic mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, atrial fibrillation, rheumatic heart disease, sickle cell anemia, and HIV.

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