Stroke unit care, inpatient rehabilitation and early supported discharge
Helen Rodgers and Chris Price
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-2-173
Clin Med April 2017 Helen Rodgers
ANewcastle University and honorary consultant stroke physician, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Roles: professor of stroke care
Chris Price
BNewcastle University and honorary consultant stroke physician, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Roles: senior lecturer in stroke medicine

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vol. 17 no. 2 173-177
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- Published online April 1, 2017.
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- ANewcastle University and honorary consultant stroke physician, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- BNewcastle University and honorary consultant stroke physician, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Address for correspondence: Professor Helen Rodgers, Stroke Research Group, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, 3-4 Claremont Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AE, UK. Email: helen.rodgers{at}newcastle.ac.uk
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Stroke unit care, inpatient rehabilitation and early supported discharge
Helen Rodgers, Chris Price
Clinical Medicine Apr 2017, 17 (2) 173-177; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-2-173
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- Stroke units
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- Clinical deterioration
- Temperature, blood sugar, oxygen, blood pressure
- Fluids, swallowing, prophylactic antibiotics, feeding, oral hygiene
- Prevention of deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
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- Early supported discharge
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