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Meta-Analysis
. 2019 Dec 30;19(1):349.
doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1558-1.

Ischemic stroke in Morocco: a systematic review

Ahmed Kharbach  1 , Majdouline Obtel  2   3 , Laila Lahlou  3   4 , Jehanne Aasfara  5 , Nour Mekaoui  3   6 , Rachid Razine  2   3
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Meta-Analysis

Ischemic stroke in Morocco: a systematic review

Ahmed Kharbach et al. BMC Neurol. .

Abstract

Background: The aim of this systematic review is to determine the epidemiological and etiological profiles, the influential factors of the prehospital delay, thrombolysis management, the acute and 3-month mortality rate and the genetic aspect of ischemic stroke in Morocco.

Methods: The present work is a systematic review that was conducted according to the recommendations of the "Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis". We used Pubmed, Sciencedirect, Scopus, Clinicalkey, and Google scholar databases for the raking of the gray literature during the time frame 2009 and 2018. The protocol of the review was registered in the PROSPERO register (CRD42018115206). These studies were analyzed based on: Age, sex ratio, risk factors, etiological profile according to Trial of ORG classification 10,172 in Acute Stroke Treatment, prehospital delay average and its influential factors, thrombolyzed patients' proportion, acute and 3-month mortality and the genetic factors of ischemic stroke in Morocco.

Results: Twenty-nine (n = 29) studies were selected. The average age ranged from 49 ± 15.2 to 67.3 ± 9.9 years old. Moreover, we reported male predominance within all ages in 13 studies. High blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and heart disease were the four identified main risk factors by the prementioned studies. Atherosclerosis and cardioembolic were the main described etiologies of cerebral ischemia, and the average prehospital time ranged from 26 to 61.9 h. The proportion of thrombolysed patients ranged from 1.8% to 2.9%, the mortality rate varied in the acute phase from 3 to 13%, and the 3-month mortality ranged from 4.3 to 32.5%. It is also important to highlight that most of these studies, which were conducted in hospital environment, have a reduced sample size and no confidence interval.

Conclusions: Ischemic stroke is affecting more likely the young population with male predominance. Moreover, the long prehospital delay and the low proportion of thrombolysed patients are alarming. This indicates the need to investigate in depth the key factors influencing the access to care for Moroccan patients in order to improve the management of this neurologic deficit in Morocco.

Keywords: Ischemic stroke; Morocco; Prehospital delay; Thrombolysis; Trial of ORG classification 10,172 in acute stroke treatment classification.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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