Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC): Process evaluation of an intervention to improve the management of fever, hyperglycemia, and swallowing dysfunction following acute stroke

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 766-776

  Drury, Peta ^a   Levi, Christopher ^b   D'Este, Catherine ^c   Mcelduff, Patrick ^c   Mcinnes, Elizabeth ^a   Hardy, Jennifer ^d   Dale, Simeon ^a   Cheung, N Wah ^d   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^e   Quinn, Clare ^f   Ward, Jeanette ^g   Evans, Malcolm ^b   Cadilhac, Dominique ^h,i,j   Griffiths, Rhonda ^k   Middleton, Sandy ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Acute stroke; Behavior change; Dysphagia; Fever; Hyperglycemia; Process evaluation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPHAGIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WORKSHOP; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904674079     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12202     Document Type: Article

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