Abstract Background In France, the creation of neurovascular units and specialization follow-up rehabilitation services in neurology care since 2010, aimed to reduce post-stroke mortality comorbidity. This study aims estimate health expenses identify impact Neuro Vascular Unit (NVU) type their evolution. Methods The population is a sample 8,492 adults who experienced first stroke 2012. Demograp...

Muscle weakness is the most common outcome after stroke and a leading cause of adult-acquired motor disability. Single motor unit properties provide insight into the mechanisms of post-stroke motor impairment. Motor units on the more-affected side are reported to have lower peak firing rates, reduced discharge variability and a more compressed dynamic range than healthy subjects. The activity o...

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 17 No 1 March 2008 From the Stroke Intensive Care Unit, Section of Neurovascular Diseases Veterans General Hospital-Taipei National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Wen Jang Wong, MD. Section of Neurovascular Diseases, Veterans General HospitalTaipei, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shipai Road, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: wjwo...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Wake-up stroke (WUS) represents a quarter of all ischemic strokes and may be a specific subgroup. Nocturnal desaturation secondary to sleep-disordered breathing is an independent risk factor for stroke, but the association between nocturnal desaturation and WUS remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nocturnal desaturation using oxygen desaturation index...

Objective: Major improvement has been made in the medical management of stroke in the UK between 2008 and 2010 based on the indicators measured in the National Sentinel Audit. However based on the same audit, no corresponding improvement has been effected to patient functional impairment levels on hospital discharge in the corresponding time frame. This study derived patient-to-therapist ratios...

Many investigators have analyzed the effectiveness of the cardiac care unit (as a model of a disability oriented, specially staffed, geographically isolated unit) in altering outcome following acute myocardial infarction. Little data are available, however, on the efficacy of caring for patients with stroke on specially staffed disability oriented units. Of 667 patients with stroke recently dis...

The Irish Heart Foundation carried out the Irish National Audit of Stroke Care (INASC) in 2008. Management practices were significantly poorer than those in the UK Sentinel audits. Since then an acute stroke unit has been established in University Hospital Limerick. A stroke database was established. 12 key indicators of stroke management audited by INASC were identified. Results were compared ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate which variables present prior and early after stroke may have an impact on the level of physical activity (PA) 1 year poststroke. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal cohort and logistic regression analysis. SETTING Stroke Unit at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS 117 individuals as part of the Stroke Arm Longitudinal Study (SALGOT) admi...

In patients with stroke, atrial fibrillation is an independent risk factor and indicates a poor prognosis. Cardiac monitoring is carried out for longer periods in stroke units. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency at which atrial fibrillation is detected in stroke units and the percentage of patients with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack who receive anticoagula...

This article represents the update of the European Stroke Initiative Recommendations for Stroke Management. These guidelines cover both ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attacks, which are now considered to be a single entity. The article covers referral and emergency management, Stroke Unit service, diagnostics, primary and secondary prevention, general stroke treatment, specific treatm...