... (AIS) for patients admitted in stroke units in France and over a one-year follow-up period as well as to assess the impact of improved thrombolytic management in terms of increasing the proportion of patients receiving thrombolysis and/or treated within 3 h from the onset of symptoms. Methods...

.... Table 1 Relationships between being part of HeartWatch (national chronic diseases management scheme for cardiac conditions) and stroke service-related variables (n = 210) Stroke Audit Prevention Primary care Stroke units Rehabilitation Nursing home Stroke is a disease...

... is in place to successfully administer modern evidence-based therapies. Organization of acute stroke care: Stroke is a medical emergency. A stroke unit offers the most effective acute stroke care in terms of both mortality and short- and long-term morbidity, and may thereby both improve outcome and lower...

... is in place to successfully administer modern evidence-based therapies. Organization of acute stroke care: Stroke is a medical emergency. A stroke unit offers the most effective acute stroke care in terms of both mortality and short- and long-term morbidity, and may thereby both improve outcome and lower...

...L. Kalra; J. Eade; M. Wittink Background: Several studies have shown that stroke units improve patient outcome under test conditions. The reproducibility of these findings in mainstream practice remains unknown. Patients and Methods: An observational study over 3 years was undertaken on a stroke...

... coverage should encourage health policy decision makers to further improve the infrastructure for acute stroke care in order to make stroke centers available to every stroke victim. Stroke units Organized acute stroke care European Stroke Initiative 1 stroke facilities survey 12 08 2008...

...Knut Stavem; Ole Morten Rønning Background and Purpose: Few studies have assessed the influence of the organization of stroke care on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The present study compared HRQoL 6 months after stroke between subjects who had been treated in an acute stroke unit (SU...

... and how to treat stroke patients. Good examples are treatment of hypertension, antithrombotic agents and carotid surgery in stroke prevention, thrombolysis in ischaemic stroke and stroke unit care for all stroke patients. We only have to translate scientific evidence into daily practice. If some pieces...

... neuroprotection. Stroke units (SU) are the ideal environment for this therapeutic approach since their favorable influence on the correct management of BP, body temperature, oxygen saturation, and blood glucose in the progress of stroke patients have been proved. Conclusions: The proper management...

... and/or neurology. In 2001 the Department of Health approved a rapid transport system of acute stroke victims to the stroke units as well as ‘Stroke Unit Guidelines’. The aim of these guidelines is to define norms facilitating the launch of stroke units in all Portuguese hospitals admitting more than 300 stroke...

...Anna Członkowska; Danuta Milewska; Danuta Ryglewicz Stroke units are being organised in Poland since 1997. To ensure easy access to stroke care, 120 specialised units need to be created. There were 23 stroke units in Poland in the year 2000. Only 12 of them fulfilled the criteria of a standard...

...Michael Brainin; Michaela Steiner A system of acute stroke units is being set up in Austria, which will care for 70% of all acute strokes by 2005. This nationwide project has been planned according to evidence-based principles and contains pre-specified structural components for acute stroke care...

...Kjell Asplund; Kerstin Hulter Åsberg; Bo Norrving; Birgitta Stegmayr; Andreas Terént Background: Riks-Stroke, the Swedish national quality register on stroke care, provides unique opportunities to evaluate stroke units in routine clinical care. Methods: Basic patient characteristics, process...

...L. Kalra; J. Potter; M. Patel; P. McCormack; C.G. Swift Background: Comparisons of outcome between stroke units are important but difficult to undertake because of differences in patient composition and operational environments. This prospective study describes the use of standardised assessments...