BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Because 10% of strokes occur in hospitalized patients, we sought to evaluate stroke knowledge and predictors of stroke knowledge among inpatient and emergency department nursing staff. METHODS Nursing staff completed an online stroke survey. The survey queried outcome expectations (the importance of rapid stroke identification), self-efficacy in recognizing stroke, and ...

BACKGROUND This study compared reported staffing levels for stroke care within UK in-patient stroke units to stroke strategy staffing guidelines published by the UK Department of Health and the Royal College of Physicians. The purpose was to explore the extent to which stroke teams are meeting recommended staffing levels. METHOD The data analyzed in this report consisted of the detailed thera...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Organized inpatient stroke care consists of a multidisciplinary approach aimed at improving stroke outcomes. It is unclear whether elderly individuals benefit from these interventions to the same extent as younger patients. We sought to determine whether the reduction in mortality or institutionalization seen with organized stroke care was similar across all age groups. ...

Sex-Related Differences of Acute Stroke Unit Care: Results From the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry Thomas Gattringer, MD; Julia Ferrari, MD; Michael Knoflach, MD; Leonhard Seyfang, MSc; Susanna Horner, MD; Kurt Niederkorn, MD; Valeriu Culea, MD; Markus Beitzke, MD; Wilfried Lang, MD; Christian Enzinger, MD; Franz Fazekas, MD ..........................................................................

The influence of visuospatial deficits on functional status after right hemisphere stroke was investigated in 34 patients. Correlation coefficients between visuospatial deficits and other factors--age, sex, vocabulary, educational level, hemiparesis, hemianopia, left-sided extinction, length of stay on a rehabilitation unit, and time lapse between onset of stroke and admission to the rehabilita...

British Journal of General Practice, January 2013 53 INTRODUCTION Stroke units make a big difference to the lives of your patients and their families, following what is generally an earthshattering event. While working in a stroke unit, you will see a vast spectrum of patients, some who make a full recovery, some who subsequently deteriorate, and the majority who fall somewhere in between. You ...

OBJECTIVES Stroke is a sudden-onset condition with long-term consequences. Self-management could help address long-term consequences of stroke. Stroke survivors' and health professionals' views of self-management may vary, limiting the successful introduction of self-management strategies. This paper explores stroke survivors' and physiotherapists' views of self-management, focusing on what sel...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the outcomes of patients with a severe stroke admitted to a specialized "slow stream" rehabilitation program and to develop a model to predict discharge destination. METHODS Chart review of 196 consecutive non-ambulatory ("lower-band") stroke patients admitted between 1996-2001, to a specialized in-patient rehabilitation unit designed to acc...

Cardiac arrhythmias were more frequent (p less than 0.001) in 312 stroke patients admitted to an intensive care stroke unit, than in 92 patients admitted to the unit and subsequently found not to have strokes. This significant difference remained when a stroke subgroup and the non-stroke group were matched for age, sex and duration of stay in the unit (P less than 0.005). Hypertension and hyper...