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 inCerebrovascular diseases extra Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 118 - 121
Main Authors Farooq, Anjum, Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy, Wasay, Mohammad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 25.10.2021
Karger Publishers
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
Pakistan
Stroke
Pakistan
Asia
Awareness
Care
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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.
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ISSN:1664-5456
1664-5456
DOI:10.1159/000519554