Impact of diabetes and hyperglycemia on acute stroke outcomes in a semi urban setting in Cameroon: Results of the Buea Stroke Study, Cameroon
In this cohort of patients in a resource limited setting, diabetes mellitus was associated with longer hospital stay and more frequent infections but not mortality nor poor functional outcome after an acute stroke. Admission hyperglycemia was not associated with poor outcomes.
Authors
- Clovis Nkoké (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2617-6712)
- Ahmadou Musa Jingi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-4053)
- Cyrille Nkouonlack
Institutions
- University of Buea (CM)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Bamenda (CM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2026.108565
- Primary Topic
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00