استعرض مصدر Stroke in Qatar: a one-year, hospital-based study

==Background and Purpose==
Stroke is a major health problem in Qatar, yet no stroke studies have been reported from this region. This hospital-based study was conducted to determine the types and the 30-day fatality rate of stroke. The data were collected from the only hospital in Qatar and, therefore, are considered to be community-based estimations. Methods: Clinical information was collected from discharge records of all patients with International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, (ICD 9) codes 430 to 438 from January 1 to December 31, 1997. Identification of cases included review of death certificates and brain computed tomography (CT) records for the same period.