What is it about?
Brain aneurysms, when ruptured, cause stroke. There is little information on how many patients survive this stroke and how independent they remain in Kenya. This work was done by looking at patients who had had these bleeds and how they fair over time.
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Why is it important?
By understanding this, we get an opportunity to improve our systems to allow more survivors and minimize dependence.
Perspectives
This study forms the foundation of improving stroke care for patients with aneurysms in Kenya
Peter Waweru
Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital, Nairobi-Kenya
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This page is a summary of: Mortality and functional outcomes after a spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: A retrospective multicentre cross-sectional study in Kenya, PLoS ONE, June 2019, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217832.
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