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B.O. Williams
Researcher at Gartnavel General Hospital
Publications - 11
Citations - 3273
B.O. Williams is an academic researcher from Gartnavel General Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 11 publications receiving 3187 citations.
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Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke
Lindsay Govan,Peter Langhorne,Martin Dennis,Graeme J. Hankey,Christopher J. Weir,B.O. Williams,Kjell Asplund,P. Berman,Christian Blomstrand,M. Britton,N. L. Cabral,A. Cavallini,Paola Dey,Elisabeth Hamrin,G. Hankey,Bent Indredavik,L. Kalra,Markku Kaste,S. O. Laursen +18 more
TL;DR: Outcomes were independent of patient age, sex or stroke severity, but appeared to be better in stroke units based in a discrete ward, and there was no indication that organised stroke unit care resulted in a longer hospital stay.
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Collaborative systematic review of the randomised trials of organised in-patient (stroke unit) care after stroke.
Kjell Asplund,P Berman,C Blomstrand,Martin Dennis,J Douglas,T Erila,M Garraway,Elisabeth Hamrin,Graeme J. Hankey,M Ilmavirta,Bent Indredavik,Lalit Kalra,Markku Kaste,Peter Langhorne,Helen Rodgers,Juhani Sivenius,Jim Slattery,Richard Stevens,A Svensson,Charles Warlow,B.O. Williams,S WoodDauphinee +21 more
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Do stroke units save lives
TL;DR: A statistical overview of randomised controlled trials reported between 1962 and 1993 in which the management of stroke patients in a specialist unit was compared with that in general wards is presented in this article.
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How do stroke units improve patient outcomes? A collaborative systematic review of the randomized trials
Kjell Asplund,P. Berman,Christian Blomstrand,Martin Dennis,Terttu Erilä,M Garraway,Elisabeth Hamrin,G. Hankey,M Ilmavirta,Bent Indredavik,Lalit Kalra,Markku Kaste,Peter Langhorne,Helen Rodgers,Juhani Sivenius,Jim Slattery,Richard Stevens,A Svensson,Charles Warlow,B.O. Williams,S WoodDauphinee,D Deleo,Avril Drummond,Rainer Fogelholm,Nadina B. Lincoln,Heikki Palomäki,T Strand,Lars Wilhelmsen,Carl Counsell,H Fraser +29 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that organized inpatient stroke unit care probably benefits a wide range of stroke patients in a variety of different ways, ie, reducing death from secondary complications of stroke and reducing the need for institutional care through a reduction in disability.
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Prospective randomised study of an orthopaedic geriatric inpatient service.
TL;DR: It is concluded that designated orthopaedic geriatric units can provide medical care to patients over 65 years of age with hip fractures and should be administered without additional cost.