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Design for Improving Hospital Stroke Unit Processes: Reducing Complex Systems Failures Leading to Adverse Patient Outcomes [PDF]

, 2009
This paper describes recent research involving a user-focused design analysis of in-hospital residential treatment for stroke patients. The focus of the research was to identify positive and negative design heuristics associated with addressing poor ...
Cooper, Trudi, Love, Terry
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Psychometric properties of the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale (SAQOL-39) in a generic stroke population [PDF]

, 2009
Background: We previously developed the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life scale (SAQOL-39) and tested it with people with chronic aphasia. A scale allowing comparisons of quality of life between people with versus without aphasia post-stroke would be of
Alice Lamb, Brott T., Donna L Lamping, Enderby P., Goldberg DP, Jane Marshall, Katerina Hilari, Royal College of Physicians., Sarah C Smith, Sarah Northcott, Streiner DL   +10 more
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Sex Differences of Acute Stroke Treatment and in Hospital Outcomes After Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Ischemic Stroke

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: Many studies have suggested that the clinical features of male patients with ischemic stroke are different from those of female patients, but related data on Chinese patients are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the differences
B. Cai, Shengde Li, Hang Li, Zhenquan Liu, B. Peng   +4 more
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Factors facilitating pre-hospital delays in stroke patients’ presentation to hospital by their caretakers in Uganda and suggested interventions

BMC Neurology
Background Benefit from stroke therapy for eligible stroke patients is time dependent, it is recommended to be timeously administered. The median time to hospital arrival after stroke in Africa has been documented to be around 31 h which is a stark ...
Salvatore Ssemmanda
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Reductions in Hospital Admissions and Delays in Acute Stroke Care During the Pandemic of COVID-19

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: Rapid and effective medical care for stroke is paramount to achieve maximal functional recovery. Because of the wide spreading of the coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19), acute stroke care is negatively impacted.
Yiqun Wu, Fei Chen, Zijing Wang, W. Feng, Yanjun Liu, Yuping Wang, Haiqing Song   +6 more
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Post-stroke seizures, epilepsy, and mortality in a prospective hospital-based study

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
Background and objectives Post-stroke epilepsy (PSE) is a significant concern in the elderly population, with stroke being a leading cause of epilepsy in this demographic. Several factors have shown consistent associations with the risk of developing PSE,
Sofia Freiman, W. A. Hauser, F. Rider, Sofia Yaroslavskaya, Olga Sazina, E.J. Vladimirova, I. Kaimovsky, Alexander Shpak, N. Gulyaeva, Alla Guekht   +9 more
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What Are the Predictors of Acute Care Nurses' Stroke Knowledge?: Empirical Research Quantitative

Nursing Open
Aims To examine the predictability of categorical and quantitative study variables on acute stroke knowledge amongst study participants. Design Non‐experimental, descriptive correlational.
Catherine T. Leach, Linda P. Bolin, Melvin S. Swanson, Ashley E. Burch, Patricia C. Woltz   +4 more
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The Effects of Outdoor Air Pollutants on the Costs of Stroke Hospitalizations in China [PDF]

, 2019
Stroke, the most frequent cause of severe disability and the second cause of death among adults in the world, brings tremendous mental and economic burden to patients and their families.
Chen, Fang, Li, Luo, Zeng, Siyu
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Cerebral infarction in diabetes: Clinical pattern, stroke subtypes, and predictors of in-hospital mortality [PDF]

, 2005
Background: To compare the characteristics and prognostic features of ischemic stroke in patients with diabetes and without diabetes, and to determine the independent predictors of in-hospital mortality in people with diabetes and ischemic stroke ...
Adrià Arboix, Antoni Rivas, Luis García-Eroles, Lourdes de Marcos, Joan Massons, Montserrat Oliveres, TG Lukovits, A Arboix, T Olsson, HS Jorgensen, SM Oppenheimer, A Arboix, A Arboix, Special Report from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, A Arboix, A Arboix, World Health Organization, A Arboix, A Arboix, FL Silver, Ad Hoc Committee, JM Bamford, DW Hosmer, MJ Burgueño, MJ Norusis, WJ Dixon, SE Megherbi, JA Vázquez, DSH Bell, S Lehto, F Lithner, K Asplund, J Woo, L Kiers, CJ Weir, BB Hamidon, JE Manson, JL Wilterdink, J Bogousslavsky, JP Mohr, CM Fisher, CM Fisher, M Alex, JF Rothrock, RB Libman, HP Adams Jr, J Bogousslavsky, L Candelise, JP Broderick, G Frithz, RS MacWalter, SG Wannamethee   +51 more
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Comparing acute hospital outcomes for people with post-stroke aphasia who do and do not require an interpreter

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 2023
Background People with communication differences are known to have poorer hospital outcomes than their peers. However, the combined impact of aphasia and cultural/linguistic differences on care and outcomes after stroke remains unknown.
Kathleen Mellahn, Monique Femia Kilkenny, S. Siyambalapitiya, A. Lakhani, T. Purvis, Megan Reyneke, D. Cadilhac, M. Rose   +7 more
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