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Medical Complications After Stroke

Stroke · 2000 · Vol. 31(6) · pp. 1223–1229

Peter Langhorne✉(Gartnavel General Hospital)David J. Stott(Gartnavel General Hospital)Laura Robertson(Gartnavel General Hospital)Joel MacDonald(Gartnavel General Hospital)Lauren Thornton Jones(Gartnavel General Hospital)Christine McAlpine(Gartnavel General Hospital)Florian Dick(Gartnavel General Hospital)George Taylor(Gartnavel General Hospital)Gordon Murray(Gartnavel General Hospital)

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Abstract

Our prospective cohort study has confirmed that poststroke complications, particularly infections and falls, are common. However, we have also identified complications relating to pain and cognitive or affective symptoms that are potentially preventable and may previously have been underestimated.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMedicineStroke (engine)Depression (economics)Prospective cohort studyAnxietyVenous thrombosisDeliriumHospital Anxiety and Depression ScaleComplicationThrombosis

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Accidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overDepressionFemaleHumansInfectionsLength of StayMalePainProspective StudiesRecurrenceScotlandSeverity of Illness IndexThromboembolism

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