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Stroke

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Discharge

If a stroke unit is not available, remember community care following a stroke is as effective as standard ward care. d

Why?

  • Patients with stroke who received community care compared with hospital admission are not clearly less likely to die or become dependent d and nor more likely to have a good functional outcome. d

 

Expiry date: October 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball