Stroke Management: updated recommendations for treatment along the case continuum

Wright, L., Hill, K.M., Bernhardt, J., Lindley, R., Ada, L., Bajorek, B.V., Barber, P.A., Beer, C., Golledge, J., Gustafsson, L., Hersh, D., Kenardy, J., Perry, L., Middleton, S., Brauer, S.G., and Nelson, M.R. (2012) Stroke Management: updated recommendations for treatment along the case continuum. Internal Medicine Journal, 42 (5). pp. 562-569.

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Abstract

The Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 2010 represents an update of the Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (2005) and the Clinical Guidelines for Acute Stroke Management (2007). For the first time, they cover the whole spectrum of stroke, from public awareness and prehospital response to stroke unit and stroke management strategies, acute treatment, secondary prevention, rehabilitation and community care. The guidelines also include recommendations on transient ischaemic attack. The most significant changes to previous guideline recommendations include the extension of the stroke thrombolysis window from 3 to 4.5 h and the change from positive to negative recommendations for the use of thigh-length antithrombotic stockings for deep venous thrombosis prevention and the routine use of prolonged positioning for contracture management.

Item ID: 20018
Item Type: Article (Commentary)
ISSN: 1445-5994
Keywords: stroke; cerebrovascular disease; clinical guideline; acute management; rehabilitation
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2012 05:34
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1102 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology > 110201 Cardiology (incl Cardiovascular Diseases) @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920103 Cardiovascular System and Diseases @ 100%
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