作者
Naveed Akhtar, Saadat Kamran, Rajvir Singh, Peter Cameron, Atlantic D’Souza, Yahya Imam, Paula Bourke, Sujatha Joseph, Rabia Khan, Mark Santos, Dirk Deleu, Abdel El-Zouki, Abdul Abou-Samra, Adeel A Butt, Ashfaq Shuaib
发表日期
2015/12
期刊
Stroke
卷号
46
期号
12
页码范围
3494-3501
出版商
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
简介
Background and Purpose
Usefulness of multidisciplinary stroke units in acute stroke patients is well established. There is extensive western literature on usefulness of stroke units in outcome, but limited evidence from the rest of the world. We aim to evaluate the impact of establishing a stroke unit on outcome in patients presenting to a tertiary care facility.
Methods
This is a retrospective study of 1003 patients with acute stroke admitted to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar, between January 2014 and February 2015. Patients directly admitted to intensive care unit (132) were excluded. We compared outcomes of pre- and poststroke ward (SW) establishment and in SW patients versus those of general medical wards.
Results
Before the establishment of the SW, 175 patients were admitted to the hospital. From April 2014 to February 2015, 696 patients were admitted (SW, 545; medical ward, 151). There was a significant …
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