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Stroke Severity Affects Timing: Time From Stroke Code Activation to Initial Imaging is Longer in Patients With Milder Strokes. [PDF]
Optimizing the time it takes to get a potential stroke patient to imaging is essential in a rapid stroke response. At our hospital, door-to-imaging time is comprised of 2 time periods: the time before a stroke is recognized, followed by the period after ...
Dhamoon, Mandip +4 more
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Services for reducing duration of hospital care for acute stroke patients [PDF]
<p>Background: Stroke patients conventionally receive a substantial part of their rehabilitation in hospital. Services have now been developed which offer patients in hospital an early discharge with rehabilitation at home (early supported ...
Anderson +63 more
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Trends in Hospital Admission for Stroke in Calgary [PDF]
Background:Stroke incidence has fallen since 1950. Recent trends suggest that stroke incidence may be stabilizing or increasing. We investigated time trends in stroke occurrence and in-hospital morbidity and mortality in the Calgary Health Region.Methods:All patients admitted to hospitals in the Calgary Health Region between 1994 and 2002 with a ...
Field, T. S. +4 more
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Treatment of urinary incontinence after stroke in adults [PDF]
Background: Urinary incontinence can affect 40-60% of people admitted to hospital after a stroke, with 25% still having problems on hospital discharge and 15% remaining incontinent at one year.
Abrams +40 more
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What is new in the management of the acute ischaemic stroke?
Stroke is a ma jor challenge for medicine in the 21st century. Despite modern diagnostics and even revolutionary methods of treatment, stroke is still the main cause of permanent disability and the second cause of death worldwide.
Piotr Sobolewski +5 more
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Report of the Integrated Stroke Care Workshop [PDF]
The Stroke Project has been underway since October 2000. This workshop represented the first mechanism where by issues surrounding the project have been addressed by the multi- disciplinary stroke team and the Darent Valley Hospital Staff.
Meade, F., O'Neill, Declan, Woodley, R.
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In‐hospital stroke: a multi‐centre prospective registry
Background: In‐hospital strokes (IHS) are relatively frequent. Avoidable delays in neurological assessment have been demonstrated. We study the clinical characteristics, neurological care and mortality of IHS.Methods: Multi‐centre 1‐year prospective study of IHS in 13 hospitals.
Vera, R +13 more
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Dehydration in Hospital-Admitted Stroke Patients [PDF]
Background and Purpose— We aimed to determine the frequency of dehydration, risk factors, and associations with outcomes at hospital discharge after stroke. Methods— We linked clinical data from stroke patients in 2 prospective hospital registers with routine blood urea and ...
Anne, Rowat +2 more
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Objective This research aimed to investigate the association between the blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio and the rate of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and atrial fibrillation (AF), who are also ...
Bowen Li +6 more
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Early hospital readmission following stroke: the Florida Stroke Registry
Background Hospital readmission is an important indicator of poor transition of care post-stroke. Data on characteristics of patients at highest risk for readmission is limited and necessary to inform effective interventions. The goal is to identify risk
H. Gardener +10 more
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