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Early assessment by a mobile stroke team — a randomised and controlled trial
Author(s)	Paola Dey, Miriam Woodman, Alan Gibbs
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 34, no 4, July 2005
Pages	pp 331-337
Source	http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org
Keywords	Stroke ; Evaluation ; Medical care ; Rehabilitation ; Clinical surveys.
Annotation	There is overwhelming evidence of the effectiveness of specialist stroke rehabilitation, but more limited evidence of the effectiveness of organised stroke care during the acute phase of stroke. Organised in-patient stroke care could be provided on discrete wards or by mobile teams during the acute phase of the stroke. In a randomised controlled trial involving 308 patients admitted to one of two hospitals in north-west England within 5 days of the onset of a clinically diagnosed stroke, the authors failed to demonstrate that early access to a mobile stroke team during acute phase of stroke conferred significant mortality or morbidity benefit compared with general ward-based care alone. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050722209 A
Classmark	CQA: 4C: LK: LM: 3G
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