Neuroepidemiology
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Comment Review
Prediction of hemorrhagic transformation in ischemic stroke.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
The time interval window between stroke onset and hospitalization and its related factors.
Successful acute stroke intervention depends on early hospitalization. The time interval between stroke onset to hospitalization was examined to identify the factors influencing the interval and also to determine whether treatment time window expansion will translate into more treatment. ⋯ Clinically more severe stroke patients were hospitalized earlier and nocturnal strokes had delayed admission. Even expanding the therapeutic time window from
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Comparative Study
Clinicoepidemiological profiles and outcomes during first hospital admission of head injury patients in Ikeja, Nigeria. A prospective cohort study.
Although head injury (HI) is a major public health problem in Nigeria and other low and middle income countries of the world, there is a paucity of data from these societies. This is largely due to under-reporting. We carried out a prospective study of the clinicoepidemiological profiles and outcomes following the first hospitalization of a cohort of head-injured patients in Ikeja, Nigeria, a metropolitan African city. ⋯ HI is a major public health problem in Nigeria, taking up at least one fifth of the neurosurgical workload. The prehospital emergency medical service is poorly organized. Determinants of a poor outcome of HI are highly prevalent, including poor accessibility to cranial CT scanning, absence or inadequacy of logistics for neurocritical care and an inadequate number of neurosurgeons.
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Comparative Study
Incidence of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries and amputations in Sweden between 1998 and 2006.
To define the epidemiological pattern of nerve injuries and traumatic amputations in Sweden, 1998-2006, and investigate possible targets for emerging neural engineering and neuroprosthetic technologies. ⋯ Based on an analysis of incidence and care time, we find that brachial plexus injuries and lower leg amputations should be the primary targets of new technologies.