A Priliminary Study on In-hospital Outcome of Stroke in a Tertiary Centre of South Bengal, India
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 19, Issue 1
Abstract
This single centre descriptive observational design study was undertaken in a tertiary referral centre of South Bengal, India in an attempt to assess the outcome of stroke according to various risk factors and Glasgow coma scale at the time of admission. A better outcome was considered as Glasgow outcome scale score of 4 and 5 while poor outcome was considered as Glasgow outcome scale score of 3 or less.
Authors and Affiliations
Sumit Chatterjee, Paramita Bhattacharya, Manas Ghosh, Amitava Acharyya, Kaushik Ghosh
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