Search results for "Stroke"
March 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/
Thrombolysis use for acute ischemic stroke doubled in four-year period
Approximately 3.4% to 5.2% of acute ischemic stroke patients received thrombolytics in 2009—about double the 2005 treatment rate, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/15/2.htm
15 Jun 2011
August 10, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/
New risk score for in-hospital pneumonia after acute ischemic stroke
Researchers have developed a 34-point risk score to predict in-hospital pneumonia after acute ischemic stroke that appears to have better discrimination than older scores.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/20/3.htm
20 Mar 2013
December 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/
New model may help predict patient outcome after stroke rehab
The model has potential application in rehabilitation research and stroke management, according to the study authors, and a calculator for it is available free of charge online.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/01/4.htm
1 Nov 2017
February 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/02/
Unexplained variation found in where patients are discharged after stroke
Researchers analyzed clinical registry and claims data for 31,775 Medicare beneficiaries from 918 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke hospitals that discharged patients to inpatient rehabilitation facilities or skilled nursing facilities between 2006 and 2008.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/30/4.htm
30 Aug 2017
June 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/
Nurse-led early dysphagia screening linked to improved outcomes in stroke patients
The authors concluded that training nurses to screen for dysphagia on a 24/7 basis is associated with lower rates of pneumonia and shorter hospital stays than screening by speech language therapists during regular working hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/26/3.htm
26 Jul 2017