Table 4 Clinical presentations, complications, and medical treatment of stroke in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017–2019
Characteristics | Categories | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Clinical presentation | Focal neurologic deficit | 110 (67.9) |
Coma or altered mental status | 48 (29.6) | |
Functional neurological disorder | 14 (8.6) | |
No symptoms recorded | 12 (7.4) | |
Complication | Intracranial hemorrhage | 10 (6.2) |
Seizure | 23 (14.2) | |
Infection | 38 (23.5) | |
Increased ICP | 17 (10.5) | |
Aspiration pneumonia | 32 (19.8) | |
Deep vein thrombosis | 19 (11.7) | |
Other serious complications | 65 (40.1) | |
Medical treatment | Aspirin | 52 (32.1) |
Anti-hypertension (nifedipine, enalapril) | 59 (36.4) | |
Anti-coagulant (heparin) | 37 (22.8) | |
Anti-convulsing (diazepam) | 17 (10.8) | |
Diuretics (furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide) | 29 (17.9) | |
Statins (atorvastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin) | 62 (38.3) | |
Antibiotics (ceftriaxone, vancomycin, metronidazole) | 72 (44.4) |