Treatment and rehabilitation on a stroke unit improves 5-year survival: A community-based study

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 930-933

  Jørgensen, Henrik Stig ^a   Kammersgaard, Lars Peter ^a   Nakayama, Hirofumi ^a   Raaschou, Hans Otto ^a   Larsen, Kim ^a   Hübbe, Per ^a   Olsen, Tom Skyhøj ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mortality; Rehabilitation; Stroke management; Stroke outcome; Stroke units

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; WARD;

EID: 0032959526     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.5.930     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Jørgensen HS, Nakayama H, Raaschou HO, Larsen K, Hübbe P, Olsen TS. The effect of a stroke unit: reductions in mortality, discharge rate to nursing home, length of hospital stay, and cost. Stroke. 1995;26: 1178-1182.
2. Indredavik B, Slørdahl SA, Bakke F, Rokseth R, Håheim LL. Stroke unit treatment: long-term effects. Stroke. 1997;28:1861-1866.
3. Jørgensen HS, Plesner AM, Larsen K, Hübbe P. Marked increase of stroke incidence in men between 1972 and 1990 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Stroke. 1992;23:1701-1704.
4. Report of the WHO Task Force on Stroke and Other Cerebrovascular Disorders. Stroke - 1989: recommendations on stroke prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. Stroke. 1989;20:1407-1431.
5. SPSS, Statistical Package for Social Sciences [computer program]. Windows version, release 8.0. Chicago, Ill: SPSS Inc; 1998.
6. Indredavik B, Bakke F, Solberg F, Rokseth R, Haaheim LL, Holme I. Benefit of a stroke unit: a randomized controlled trial. Stroke. 1991;22: 1026-1031.
7. Strand T, Asplund K, Eriksson S, Hägg E, Lithner F, Wester PO. A non-intensive stroke unit reduces functional disability and the need for long-term hospitalization. Stroke. 1985;16:29-34.
8. Kalra L, Dale P, Crome P. Improving stroke rehabilitation: a controlled study. Stroke. 1993;24:1462-1467.
9. Langhorne P, Williams BO, Gilchrist W, Howie K. Do stroke units save lives? Lancet. 1993;342:395-398.
10. Stevens RS, Ambler NR, Warren MD. A randomized controlled trial of a stroke rehabilitation ward. Age Ageing. 1984;13:65-75.
11. Garraway WM, Akthar AJ, Hockey L, Presscott RJ. Management of acute stroke in the elderly: preliminary results of a controlled trial. BMJ. 1980;280:1040-1044.
12. Rønning OM, Guldvog B. Outcome of subacute stroke rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial. Stroke. 1998;29:779-784.
13. The Stroke Unit Trialists' Collaboration. Collaborative systematic review of the randomised trials of organised inpatient (stroke unit) care after stroke. BMJ. 1997;314:1151-1159.
14. WHO Regional Office for Europe. The Helsingborg declaration on stroke management. Paper presented at: Pan European Consensus Meeting on Stroke Management; November 8-10, 1995; Helsingborg, Sweden.