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1. Introduction
2. Organisation of stroke care
3. Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care for stroke
4. Absolute benefits of acute stroke therapies
5. Common features of stroke units
6. What is a stroke unit?
7. Assessment and monitoring
8. Early management
9. Multidisciplinary team rehabilitation
10. Early mobilisation is crucially important
11. Which factors are most important?
12. Physiological effect of bed-rest in healthy subjects
13. How rapid?
14. May very early mobilisation be harmful?
15. Cerebral blood flow autoregulation
16. Early mobilisation of stroke patients
17. Monitoring of stroke patients
18. Monitoring of neurological status
19. Monitoring after thrombolysis
20. Blood pressure management
21. Cardiac care
22. Oxygen saturation
23. Blood glucose management
24. Body temperature- experimental findings
25. Increased body temperature- potential causes
26. Management and treatment of body temperature
27. Fluid replacement therapy
28. Complications in acute phase are very common
29. Pain
30. Swallowing problems
31. Nutrition
32. Swallowing assessment and nutrition
33. Fall and fractures
34. Prevention of falls and fractures
35. Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
36. Prevention of venous thromboembolism
37. Urinary tract problems
38. Seizures
39. General management of acute stroke
40. Further reading

Topics Covered

• Organization of stroke care
• What is a stroke unit?
• Early mobilization
• Monitoring of neurological status and vital physiological functions
• Blood pressure management
• Cardiac care
• Oxygen saturation
• Blood glucose management
• Body temperature
• Medical complications
• Pain
• Swallowing problems
• Nutrition
• Fall and fractures
• Deep venous thrombosis
• Urinary tract problems
• Seizures

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Series:

• Cerebrovascular Disease

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on October 27, 2008
• Archived on December 10, 2018

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Bo Norrving has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.