Authors
Peter Langhorne, Patricia Fearon, Ole M Ronning, Markku Kaste, Heikki Palomaki, Kostos Vemmos, Lalit Kalra, Bent Indredavik, Christian Blomstrand, Helen Rodgers, Martin S Dennis, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, following collaborators provided new data, advice and comment, and assisted with the redrafting of the report:, C Blomstrand, B Indredavik, L Kalra, M Kaste, H Palomaki, H Rodgers, MO Ronning, K Vemmos, Stroke Unit Trialists’ Collaboration supported and provided for the main stroke unit review:, K Asplund, P Berman, C Blomstrand, M Britton, NL Cabral, A Cavallini, P Dey, E Hamrin, G Hankey, B Indredavik, L Kalra, M Kaste, SO Laursen, RH Ma, N Patel, H Rodgers, MO Ronning, J Sivenius, R Stevens, G Sulter, A Svensson, K Vemmos, S Wood-Dauphinee, H Yagura
Publication date
2013/11
Source
Stroke
Volume
44
Issue
11
Pages
3044-3049
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Description
Background and Purpose
Patients with any type of stroke managed in organized inpatient (stroke unit) care are more likely to survive, return home, and regain independence. However, it is uncertain whether these benefits apply equally to patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke.
Methods
We conducted a secondary analysis of a systematic review of controlled clinical trials comparing stroke unit care with general ward care, including only trials published after 1990 that could separately report outcomes for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke. We performed random-effects meta-analyses and tested for subgroup interactions by stroke type.
Results
We identified 13 trials (3570 patients) of modern stroke unit care that recruited patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke, of which 8 trials provided data on 2657 patients. Stroke unit care reduced death or …
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