Research Article
Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality for Stroke in Douala, Cameroon
Table 4
Complications on admission and those occurring during hospitalisation.
| | Complications | At entrance | During admission | Total |
| | Bronchopneumonia | 10 (3.07) | 40 (12.3) | 50 (15.06) | | Urinary tract infection | 34 (10.46) | 15 (4.6) | 49 (15.06) | | Seizures | 32 (9.84) | 4 (1.23) | 36 (11.07) | | Deglutition disturbance | 16 (4.92) | 6 (1.84) | 22 (6.77) | | Phlebitis | 0 | 19 (5.84) | 19 (5.84) | | Intracranial hypertension | 9 (2.76) | 9 (2.76) | 18 (5.52) | | Bedsore | 4 (1.23) | 9 (2.76) | 13 (3.99) | | Renal failure | 4 (1.23) | 6 (1.84) | 10 (3.07) | | Severe anaemia | 0 | 6 (1.84) | 6 (1.84) | | Malaria | 2 (0.61) | 3 (0.92) | 5 (1.53) | | GIB | 0 | 4 (1.23) | 4 (1.23) | | Gout | 0 | 4 (1.23) | 4 (1.23) | | Deep venous thrombosis | 3 (0.92) | 0 | 3 (0.92) |
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GIB: gastrointestinal bleeding.
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