Stroke unit care revisited – who benefits the most? A cohort study of 105 043 patients in Riks-Stroke, the Swedish Stroke Register

Andreas Terent (1) , Kjell Asplund (2) , Bahman Farahmand (3) , Karin Henriksson (4) , Bo Norrving (4) , Birgitta Stegmayr (2) , Per-Olov Wester (2) , Kerstin Hulter-Åsberg (5) , Signild Åsberg (1)

1 Department of Medical Sciences Uppsala University Hospital Uppsala
2 Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Umeå University Hospital Umeå
3 Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute
4 Skane University Hospital [Lund]
5 Drug and Therapeutic Committee County Council of Uppsala

Treatment at stroke units is superior to treatment at other types of wards. The objective of the present study is to determine the effect size of stroke unit care in subgroups of stroke patients. This information might be useful in a formal priority setting.

Mots clés: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; STROKE

Andreas Terent, Kjell Asplund, Bahman Farahmand, Karin Henriksson, Bo Norrving, et al.. Stroke unit care revisited – who benefits the most? A cohort study of 105 043 patients in Riks-Stroke, the Swedish Stroke Register. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2009, 80 (8), pp.881. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2008.169102⟩. ⟨hal-00552752⟩