title: Surviving stroke in an Ebola Treatment Centre.
abstract: A middle aged woman presented to an Ebola Treatment Centre in West Africa with a 4-day history of fever, fatigue, joint pain and vomiting. She tested positive for Ebola virus disease (EVD) and a standard treatment platform of care was started. On day 3 of her admission, she was found to have suffered a left-sided CVA of unknown aetiology. Treatment was largely supportive within a resource-constrained environment and the added layer of providing care with extensive personal protective equipment, and human resource and safety constraints. The patient was able to clear the EVD and did regain some functional use of her arm and leg. She was discharged on day 15 of her stay, as a survivor of both stroke and Ebola.
authors.affiliation: Academic Family Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dhillon
authors.affiliation: Aspen Medical International, Monrovia, Liberia.
authors.forename: Sinead
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.affiliation: Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbs
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D005260:Female; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy