| In-hospital complications | |
| Chest infection | 80 (30.7) |
| Urinary tract infection | 63 (24.1) |
| Deglutition problems | 57 (21.8) |
| Epilepsy/seizures | 29 (11.1) |
| Malaria | 23 (8.8) |
| Desaturation | 23 (8.8) |
| Chest and urinary tract co-infection | 12 (4.6) |
| Pressure ulcers | 6 (2.3) |
| Outcome on admission | |
| Duration of hospital stay (days) | 9.0 ± 7.7 |
| Rankin score ≤ 2 | 24 (9.2) |
| Rankin score > 2 | 237 (90.8) |
| NIHSS < 5 | 28 (10.7) |
| NIHSS 5 - 14 | 60 (23.0) |
| NIHSS 15 - 24 | 81 (31.0) |
| NIHSS > 24 | 92 (35.3) |
| 24-hour post-stroke mortality | 25 (9.6) |
| In hospital mortality | 104 (39.9) |
| Cause of death | |
| Sepsis | 34 (32.7) |
| Multiple organ failure | 24 (23.1) |
| Coning/cerebral herniation | 17 (16.3) |
| Renal failure | 2 (1.9) |
| Undetermined | 27 (26.0) |
| Outcome within 6 months post stroke | |
| Rankin score > 2 at M1 | 67 (61.5) |
| Rankin score > 2 at M3 | 47 (50.0) |
| Case fatality at M1 | 120 (46.0) |
| Case fatality at M3 | 156 (59.8) |
| Case fatality at M6 | 165 (63.2) |