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The cerebrovascular stroke unit: the concept and its utility
Unidade de acidente vascular cerebral: conceito e utilidade
Acta Médica Portuguesa
Unidade de acidente vascular cerebral: conceito e utilidade
Patients suffering from stroke within a geographically defined area should be admitted to hospital early, treated by an organised multidisciplinary group and provided with a period of rehabilitation whenever necessary. All stroke units should, essentially, have the characteristics of the units assessed in aleatory clinical trials. Patients treated in stroke units have a lower mortality rate, less dependence and less need for long-term hospitalisation, without a systematic increase in the use of
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