International Journal of Neurology and Brain DisordersInternational Journal of Neurology and Brain DisordersInternational Journal of Neurology and Brain DisordersInternational Journal of Neurology and Brain Disorders2377-1348Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA150410.15436/2377-1348.17.1504Research ArticlePost Stroke Remote Complications; A Tertiary Care Experience from a Developing CountryPost Stroke Remote Complications; A Tertiary Care Experience from a Developing CountrySyed Ijlal Ahmed 1Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College Karachi Pakistan 2Department of Neurology Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College Karachi Pakistan 3Jinnah Medical and Dental College Karachi Pakistan 4Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore Pakistan 5Nishter Medical College Multan Pakistan 6King Edward Medical College Lahore Pakistan Editor* E-mail: syedijlalahmed@ymail.com
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
20170506201741IJNBD-17-RA-150402052017300520172017Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp Background Rapidly developing clinical signs of focal or global disturbance of cerebral function lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death with no apparent cause other than that of vascular origin is termed as stroke Our study is helpful in providing pattern of complications in different groups of stroke patients It is also helpful in predicting and managing these complications in patients with stroke in Pakistani population Material and Methods Our study was a retrospective cross sectional study Sample size was calculated using WHO sample size calculator Sampling technique used in our study was non probability technique Data was collected by trained medical students and was recorded on computer The data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 21 Results Our study included 84 patients with stroke which were followed for any complications for atleast 6 months The different complications were observed in stroke patients The mean age of study participants was 57 3 plusmn 12 9 the mean number of patient followup visits was 5 plusmn 4 Regarding the Remote post stroke complications the the most common complication was insomnia which was present in 24 28 6 patients followed by lethargy in 19 22 6 and muscular spasms in 16 19 The least common post stroke complication was impotence which was present in only 1 1 2 patient Conclusion Stroke is quite common in Pakistan and post stroke complications should be managed to provide better quality of life to the pateints In our study the most common complication was insomnia followed by lethargy and muscle spasms The least common post stroke complication was impotence 10