Basics of stroke units

Stroke units or stroke centres?

The importance of stroke units.

Karl Meisel, MD, and Brian Silver, MD  stroke unIts ImProve PAtIent outcomes Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States. Over the past two decades advances in the acute treatment of stroke using thrombolytics has improved patient outcomes. Progress has also occurred in secondary stroke prevention including additional antiplatelet agents, ...

Dysphagia Management and Stroke Units

Dysphagia is one of the many complications of stroke. It is common and is an independent marker of outcome. Dysphagia management is important. Although the speech and language pathologist is the key worker in dysphagia management, they are supported by all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Stroke patients should be screened on admission for the presence of dysphagia and assessed by the sp...

Stroke management and the impact of mobile stroke treatment units.

Stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, despite declining morbidity and mortality rates. Patients who receive timely care provided by mobile stroke treatment unit staffs have dramatically improved outcomes compared with patients who receive initial treatment in an emergency department. Portable imaging technology and wireless communication devices have contributed ...

What's new in stroke rehabilitation: back to basics.

Stroke rehabilitation has been energized by the increasing confluence of supporting literature from animal studies, neuroimaging investigation of poststroke recovery, and an explosion of clinical rehabilitation trials. As basic scientists and clinical researchers converge, the exciting new technologies and more rigorous clinical methodologies used provide increasing support for some of the basi...