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Early supported discharge services for stroke patients: a meta-analysis of individual patients' data
Peter Langhorne,Gillian S. Taylor,Gordon D Murray,Martin Dennis,Craig S. Anderson,Erik Bautz-Holter,Paola Dey,Bent Indredavik,Nancy E. Mayo,Michael Power,Helen Rodgers,Ole Morten Rønning,Anthony Rudd,Nijasri C. Suwanwela,Lotta Widen-Holmqvist,Charles D.A. Wolfe +15 more
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Assessment of randomised trials that recruited patients with stroke in hospital to receive either conventional care or any ESD service intervention that provided rehabilitation and support in a community setting found that appropriately resourced ESD services provided for a selected group of stroke patients can reduce long-term dependency and admission to institutional care as well as shortening hospital stays.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2005-02-05. It has received 282 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Early discharge & Stroke.read more
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Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008
Peter A. Ringleb,Marie-Germaine Bousser,Gary A. Ford,Philip M.W. Bath,Michael Brainin,Valeria Caso,Álvaro Cervera,Ángel Chamorro,Charlotte Cordonnier,László Csiba,Antoni Dávalos,Hans-Christoph Diener,José M. Ferro,Werner Hacke,Michael G. Hennerici,Markku Kaste,Peter Langhorne,Kennedy R. Lees,Didier Leys,J. Lodder,Hugh S. Markus,Jean-Louis Mas,Heinrich Mattle,Keith W. Muir,Bo Norrving,Victor Obach,Stefano Paolucci,E. Bernd Ringelstein,Peter D. Schellinger,Juhani Sivenius,Skvortsova Vi,Katharina S. Sunnerhagen,Lars Thomassen,Danilo Toni,Rüdiger von Kummer,Nils Wahlgren,Marion F Walker,Joanna M. Wardlaw +37 more
TL;DR: The article covers referral and emergency management, Stroke Unit service, diagnostics, primary and secondary prevention, general stroke treatment, specific treatment including acute management, management of complications, and rehabilitation.
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Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Carolee J. Winstein,Joel M. Stein,Ross Arena,Barbara E. Bates,Leora R. Cherney,Steven C. Cramer,Frank DeRuyter,Janice J. Eng,Beth E. Fisher,Richard L. Harvey,Catherine E. Lang,Marilyn MacKay-Lyons,Kenneth J. Ottenbacher,Sue Pugh,Mathew J. Reeves,Lorie Richards,William Stiers,Richard D. Zorowitz +17 more
TL;DR: This guideline provides a synopsis of best clinical practices in the rehabilitative care of adults recovering from stroke to reduce the risk of downstream medical morbidity resulting from immobility, depression, loss of autonomy, and reduced functional independence.
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Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 Update
Lori Mosca,Carole L. Banka,Emelia J. Benjamin,Kathy Berra,Cheryl Bushnell,Rowena J. Dolor,Theodore G. Ganiats,Antoinette S. Gomes,Heather L. Gornik,Clarissa Gracia,Martha Gulati,Constance K. Haan,Debra R. Judelson,Nora L. Keenan,Ellie Kelepouris,Erin D. Michos,L. Kristin Newby,Suzanne Oparil,Pamela Ouyang,Mehmet C. Oz,D. Petitti,Vivian W. Pinn,Rita F. Redberg,Rosalyn P. Scott,Katherine Sherif,Sidney C. Smith,George Sopko,Robin H. Steinhorn,Neil J. Stone,Kathryn A. Taubert,Barbara A. Todd,Elaine M. Urbina,Nanette K. Wenger +32 more
TL;DR: The burden of CVD on women and the global economy will continue to increase as life expectancy continues to increase and economies become more industrialized.
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Comprehensive Overview of Nursing and Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Care of the Stroke Patient A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Elaine L. Miller,Laura L. Murray,Lorie Richards,Richard D. Zorowitz,Tamilyn Bakas,Patricia C. Clark,Sandra A. Billinger +6 more
TL;DR: In the United States, the incidence rate of new or recurrent stroke is approximately 795 000 per year, and stroke prevalence for individuals over the age of 20 years is estimated at 6.5 million as discussed by the authors.
2007 Update Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women:
Kathryn A. Taubert,Barbara A. Todd,Elaine M. Urbina,Nanette K. Wenger,Katherine Sherif,Sidney C. Smith,George Sopko,Robin H. Steinhorn,Jessica Neil,Mehmet C. Oz,Vivian W. Pinn,Rita F. Redberg,Rosalyn P. Scott,Ellie Kelepouris,Erin D. Michos,L. Kristin Newby,Suzanne Oparil,Martha Gulati,Constance K. Haan,Debra R. Judelson,Nora L. Keenan,Rowena J. Dolor,Theodore G. Ganiats,Antoinette S. Gomes,Heather L. Gornik,Lori Mosca,Carole L. Banka,Emelia J. Benjamin,Kathy Berra,Cheryl Bushnell +29 more
TL;DR: In the wake of the reports of the Women’s Health Initiative and the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS), which unexpectedly showed that combination hormone therapy was associated with adverse CVD effects, there is a heightened need to critically review and document strategies to prevent CVD in women.
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Nancy E. Mayo,Sharon Wood-Dauphinee,Robert Côté,David Gayton,Joseph Carlton,Joanne Buttery,Robyn Tamblyn +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a randomized trial was carried out involving patients who required rehabilitation services and who had a caregiver at home, when medically ready for discharge, persons with stroke were randomized to either the home intervention group (n=58) or the usual care group(n=56).
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Home or Hospital for Stroke Rehabilitation? Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial: I: Health Outcomes at 6 Months
Craig S. Anderson,Sally Rubenach,Cliona Ni Mhurchu,Michael Clark,Carol Spencer,Adrian Winsor +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the effectiveness of early hospital discharge and home-based rehabilitation for patients with acute stroke in two affiliated teaching hospitals in Adelaide, South Australia, and found that clinical outcomes for patients did not differ significantly between the groups at 6 months after randomization.