Treatment Outcome and Its Determinants among Patients Admitted to Stroke Unit of Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Clinical characteristics and risk factors among patients with stroke admitted at the stroke unit of JUMC, Southwest Ethiopia, February 1^st, 2016 to March 30^th 2018.

Clinical characteristics	Frequency (%); (%)
Patient status
Improved and discharged	81 (36.82)
Discharged with neurologic deficit	99 (45.00)
Died in hospitals	40 (18.18)
Types of stroke
Ischemic	156 (70.9)
Hemorrhagic	64 (29.1)
Time of admission
4.51-12	67 (30.45)
12.01-24 0hours	63 (28.64)
> 24 hours	90 (40.91)
Length of hospital stay
< 7days	88 (40.0)
> 7 days	132 (60.0)
Chief compliant
Left side body weakness	65 (29.5)
Right side body weakness	48 (21.9)
Aphasia	52 (23.6)
Loss of consciousness	47 (21.4)
Failure to control both extremities	16 (7.3)
Risk factors
Yes	27 (12.27)
No	193 (87.73)
Types of risk factors
Hypertension	101 (45.9)
Current smokers	89 (40.5)
Diabetic mellitus	80 (36.4)
Alcohol drinkers	76 (34.5)
Heart disease	18 (8.2)
Atrial fibrillation	12 (5.5)
In-hospital stroke complication
Yes	77 (35.00)
No	143 (65.0)
Pressure sore	40 (18.2)
Aspiration pneumonia	16 (7.3)
Sepsis	9 (4.1)
Seizure	7 (3.2)
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)	5 (2.2)
Glasgow coma scale (GCS) during admission
> 8	151 (68.6)
≤ 8	69 (31.4)
BMI
< 18.5	11 (5.0)
18.5–24.9	28 (12.7)
25–29.9	99 (45.0)
30 or greater	82 (37.3)
RR during admission
< 12 bpm	5 (2.3)
12-20 bpm	94 (42.7)
> 20 bpm	121 (55.0)
HR during admission
< 60 bpm	45 (20.4)
61-100 bpm	78 (35.5)
> 100 bpm	97 (44.1)
BUN admission
< 20 mg/dl	120 (54.5)
≥ 20	100 (45.5)
Scr admission
< 1 mg/dl	113 (51.4)
≥ 1 mg/dl	107 (48.6)
Total cholesterol
< 200 mg/dl	132 (60.0)
≥ 200 mg/dl	88 (40.0)
HDL during admission
≥ 40 mg/dl	166 (75.5)
< 40 mg/dl	54 (24.5))
LDL admission
< 100 mg/dl	143 (65.0)
≥ 100 mg/dl	77 (35.0)
Triglycerides during admission
> 150 mg/dl	122 (55.5)
≤ 150 mg/dl	98 (44.5)