Stroke Care in Pakistan

Anjum Farooq; Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian; Mohammad Wasay

doi:10.1159/000519554

Stroke Care in Pakistan

Anjum Farooq, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Mohammad Wasay

Department of Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	118-121
Number of pages	4
Journal	Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000519554
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2021

Keywords

Asia
Awareness
Care
Pakistan
Stroke

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