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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Autores principales:	Anjum Farooq, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Mohammad Wasay
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Karger Publishers 2021
Materias:	stroke care awareness asia pakistan Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/dae707cb486d4680b6e95cf8d028d815
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dae707cb486d4680b6e95cf8d028d8152021-11-25T07:47:20ZStroke Care in Pakistan1664-545610.1159/000519554https://doaj.org/article/dae707cb486d4680b6e95cf8d028d8152021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/519554https://doaj.org/toc/1664-5456Increasing 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.Anjum FarooqNarayanaswamy VenketasubramanianMohammad WasayKarger PublishersarticlestrokecareawarenessasiapakistanDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENCerebrovascular Diseases Extra, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 118-121 (2021)
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description	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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Stroke Care in Pakistan

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