Computed tomography patterns of intracranial infarcts in a Ghanaian tertiary facility

Autor: Emmanuel K. M. Edzie, Klenam Dzefi-Tettey, Philip N. Gorleku, Edmund K. Brakohiapa, Peter Appiah-Thompson, Kwasi Agyen-Mensah, Michael K. Amedi, Frank Quarshie, Evans Boadi, Joshua M. Kpobi, Richard A. Edzie, Abdul R. Asemah
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Ghana medical journal. 56(1)
ISSN: 2616-163X
Popis: Objective: To determine the Computed Tomography (CT) patterns of intracranial infarctsDesign: A retrospective cross-sectional study.Setting: The CT scan unit of the Radiology Department, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), from February 2017 to February 2021Participants: One thousand, one hundred and twenty-five patients with non-contrast head CT scan diagnosis of is-chaemic strokes, consecutively selected over the study period without any exclusionsMain outcome measures: Patterns of non-contrast head CT scan of ischaemic strokes.Results: About 50.6% of the study participants were females with an average age of 62.59±13.91 years. Males were affected with ischaemic strokes earlier than females (p
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