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A Study on Evaluation, Assessment and Awareness of Possible Risk factors and its appropriate treatment of Stroke Patients using NIHSS scale
Published in September 2015 Issue 9 (Vol. 3, Issue 9, 2015)

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There are chiefly two types of strokes –Ischemic and Hemorrhagic. Apart from these two TIA and subarachnoid forms are taken into consideration in our study. This is a prospective, observational, and interventional study which being focussed on stoke patients. Using standard NIHSS scale a prospective study is being carried out to determine the risk factors in both in-patients and out-patients and using counselling sessions and community services they were interviewed by telephone then visited for noting the therapeutic outcome. A total of 97 cases of stroke were collected of which 66were males and 31 females, average stroke cases are found more in age group of 50yrs and above. Ischemic stroke was reported more in smokers (16), tobacco chewers (7), alcoholics (27), HTN (23), DM (6), and Dyslipidemia (42) patients followed by other types. According to NIHSS severity of score 3% (3)falls into >20 severe category with 3males followed by 21.6%(21) are moderate to severe(16-20) with 12males and 9 females, about 57.7%(56cases) were moderate(5-15) scoring with 40males and15 females, followed by 17.5%(17 cases) of
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CH. Pragathi
SVS hospital, Osmania Universi...SVS hospital, Osmania UniversitySVS hospital, Osmania UniversitySVS hospital, Osmania University
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September 2015 Issue 9 (Vol. 3, Issue 9, 2015)AJPHR309012
AJPHR-30-000012
2015-09-01
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Pragathi (2015). A Study on Evaluation, Assessment and Awareness of Possible Risk factors and its appropriate treatment of Stroke Patients using NIHSS scale. American Journal of Pharmacy and Health Research, 3(9), xx-xx. https://ajphr.com/articles/AJPHR309012
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