Background. The fact that the majority of patients come late creates management difficulties as these first hours are important to\navoid secondary insults to the brain and preserve the ischemic penumbra. Although thrombolytic treatments are currently not\navailable in our hospital, significant delays during the prehospital or in-hospital phases of care createmanagement difficulties and\nwould make such advanced treatments impossible in the future in Ethiopia. Methods. Prospective observational study was carried\nat stroke unit of Jimma University Medical Center for 4 consecutive months from March 10 to July 10, 2017. Data was cleaned\nand entered to Epidata version 3.1 and then exported and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Results. A total of 116 eligible stroke\npatients were recruited during the study period with mean age of��..
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