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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| author | Anjum Farooq Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Mohammad Wasay |
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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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| spelling | doaj.art-dae707cb486d4680b6e95cf8d028d8152022-12-21T19:27:09ZengKarger PublishersCerebrovascular Diseases Extra1664-54562021-10-0111311812110.1159/000519554519554Stroke Care in PakistanAnjum Farooq0Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian1Mohammad Wasay2Department of Neurology, Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan and President Pakistan Stroke Society, Quetta, PakistanRaffles Neuroscience Center, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PakistanIncreasing 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.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/519554strokecareawarenessasiapakistan |
| spellingShingle | Anjum Farooq Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Mohammad Wasay Stroke Care in Pakistan Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra stroke care awareness asia 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 care awareness asia pakistan |
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