The burden of inpatient neurologic disease in two Ethiopian hospitals.

Objectives: To define the burden of inpatient neurologic disease seen in Ethiopian teaching hospitals.

Methods: We reviewed records of all medical inpatients admitted over a 6-month period to two teaching hospitals, one with and one without neurologists.

Results: Neurologic cases made up 18.

Characteristics and outcomes of stroke at Tikur Anbessa Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia.

Hospital studies have shown that stroke is an important cause of hospital morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. The aim of this study is to determine the pattern, risk factors and determinants of mortality in patients with clinical diagnosis of stroke. It is a cross sectional study of all patients admitted with a clinical diagnosis of stroke between September 2000 and August 2001 to the Addis Ababa University Teaching Hospital.

How accurate is Siriraj stroke score among Ethiopians? A brief communication.

In hospitals where emergency neuroimaging is not available, the use of stroke scores has been proposed to distinguish ischemic from hemorrhagic stroke. The aim of this case study is to evaluate the accuracy of SSS among Ethiopian patients and was conducted in the Addis Ababa University teaching Hospital. Between September 1, 2000 and August 31, 2001.

Rheumatic heart disease in Ethiopia: could it be more malignant?

The objectives of the study were to evaluate severity of rhenumatic heart disease (RHD) using age at time of death as its indicator and to look for factors associated with the severity. Retrospective study of consecutive cardiovascular deaths in the medical wards of Tikur Anbassa Teaching Hospital (TAH) from January 1995 to December 2001 was carried out. Information on age at the time of death, sex, type of valve lesions, status of secondary prophylaxis, presence or absence of arrhythmia, infective endocarditis, embolic phenomena, co-morbid illness, immediate cause(s) of death and duration of follow up at health institutions were obtained There were a total of 457 cardiovascular deaths including cerebrovascular accidents (CVA).