Factors associated with death and predictors of one-month mortality from stroke in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria

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Summary

Logistic regression showed that severe systolic blood pressure, severe diastolic pressure, second or more episode of stroke, severe GCS, seizures, abnormal pupillary size, hemorrhagic stroke type, presence of aspiration pneumonitis, RBS > 200 mg/dl were independent predictors of mortality in stroke.

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2013-08-01
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Keywords

Medicine, Stroke (engine), Intracerebral hemorrhage, Blood pressure, Cause of death

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