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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Farooq, Anjum, Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy, Wasay, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
Materias:
Stroke Spectrum
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8613565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34695824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000519554
_version_ 1784603665890279424
author Farooq, Anjum
Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy
Wasay, Mohammad
author_facet Farooq, Anjum
Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy
Wasay, Mohammad
author_sort Farooq, Anjum
collection PubMed
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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8613565
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher S. Karger AG
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-86135652021-12-09 Stroke Care in Pakistan Farooq, Anjum Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy Wasay, Mohammad Cerebrovasc Dis Extra Stroke Spectrum 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. S. Karger AG 2021-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8613565/ /pubmed/34695824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000519554 Text en Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense), applicable to the online version of the article only. Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
spellingShingle Stroke Spectrum
Farooq, Anjum
Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy
Wasay, Mohammad
Stroke Care in Pakistan
title Stroke Care in Pakistan
title_full Stroke Care in Pakistan
title_fullStr Stroke Care in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Stroke Care in Pakistan
title_short Stroke Care in Pakistan
title_sort stroke care in pakistan
topic Stroke Spectrum
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8613565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34695824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000519554
work_keys_str_mv AT farooqanjum strokecareinpakistan
AT venketasubramaniannarayanaswamy strokecareinpakistan
AT wasaymohammad strokecareinpakistan

Ejemplares similares