Domain-specific versus generalized cognitive screening in acute stroke
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Cognitive screening in the acute stroke setting.
BACKGROUND current literature suggests that two-thirds of patients will have cognitive impairment at 3 months post-stroke. Post-stroke cognitive impairment is associated with impaired function and increased mortality. UK guidelines recommend all patients with stroke have a cognitive assessment within 6 weeks. There is no 'gold standard' cognitive screening tool. The Montreal cognitive assessmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0340-5354,1432-1459
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7964-4