PREDICTORS OF IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AMONG ACUTE ISCHAEMIC STROKE PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTION IN NIGERIA.

Ischaemic stroke remains a significant medical cause of mortality among hospitalized patients. Enlightenment with a focus on aggressive stroke risk factor control and timely identification and management of poor outcome predictors in stroke patients will go a long way in improving stroke outcome parameters. Lastly, there is a need to step up efforts towards providing acute stroke care infrastructures such as stroke units in our tertiary health institution. This effort might hopefully help reduce stroke mortality among hospitalized AIS patients in resource-constrained settings.