Therapeutic route of patients at the acute phase of their stroke in Burkina Faso

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• 作者：Christian Napon^a ; ^{cnapon@gmail.com} ; ^{naponc@yahoo.fr} ; Anselme Dabilgou^a ; Julie Kyelem^a ; Papougné ; zambo Bonkoungou^b ; Jean Kaboré ; ^a
• 关键词：Therapeutic route ; Stroke ; Africa ; Burkina Faso
• 刊名：Journal of the Neurological Sciences
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：15 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：372
• 期：Complete
• 页码：75-77
• 全文大小：164 K
• 卷排序：372

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The advent of the neurovascular units and thrombolysis has improved support for stroke in developed countries. Our objective was to study the therapeutic route of stroke patients in Burkina Faso, a country with limited resources.MethodsIt was a prospective cohort study over a period of 4 months, from February 02, 2014 to June 05, 2014, in medical emergencies and Neurology department of the teaching hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo. The study focused on patients diagnosed with stroke through brain imaging when they first entered hospital or during hospitalization. Variables of the study included socio-demographic data of the patients, route of the patients, nature of the stroke, treatment and clinical course.ResultsThe time between the onset of clinical signs and the first contact with a peripheral public health unit extended from 30 min to 24 h with an average of 6 h and 56 min. The minimum time between the first contact with a peripheral public health unit and medical emergencies of the Teaching Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo was 15 min, and the maximum, two weeks. After their arrival in medical emergencies, patients spent on average 21 h and 18 min to achieve the cerebral CT scan. Concerning the treatment, the thrombolysis, which was not available yet, had never been prescribed, while 19% of patients were eligible according to the 4h30mn period criteria.ConclusionOur study shows that the long delay in the access of neurological expertise is, in most cases, related to the therapeutic route of patients. Thus, the setting-up of a stroke sector would improve the management and the prognosis of cases in Burkina Faso.