Sex, age, region, residence, BP at admission cholesterol level, RBS, creatinine, potassium, EF, GCS, type of stroke, history of previous stroke, time to hospital arrival, comorbidity, medication at admission, antihypertensive drugs, statins use, anticoagulant use, hospital stay
GCS, NIHSS, incontinence, mental status, means of stroke diagnosis, type of the stroke brain edema complication, swallowing difficulty, aspiration pneumonia complication, previous history of medication
Increased ICP, aspiration pneumonia, IHD, ICH, stroke, refractory status epileptics, hypertensive encephalopathy, renal/hepatic diseases, other
Age, gender, admission blood glucose level, type of stroke, NIHSS
NR
All the studies were cross sectional studies; the P and R in the design column represent the prospective and retrospective nature of these studies, respectively. The M/F column shows the number of males and female patients in the study. The age column described the mean age of participants, unless starred with which represents median age. AA: Addis Ababa; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; EF: ejection fraction; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; HAP: hospital-acquired pneumonia; HF: heart failure; ICH: intracranial hemorrhage; ICP: intracranial pressure; IHD: ischemic heart disease; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; NR: not reported; RBS: random blood sugar; SGOT: serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; UTI: urinary tract infections; VHD: valvular heart disease.