This study determined that ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434.XX, and V12.54 had positive predictive values >90%, and may be used to focus care on stroke patients. A total of 4689 patients with 10,376 unique ...

Based on claims data from a universal health insurance system, inpatient stroke rehabilitation use was 34.0% and mainly related to stroke type and stroke severity. Inpatients with stroke were sampled ...

Rehabilitation after a stroke requires "a sustained and coordinated effort" by a large team of professionals, and the best place to get that is an inpatient rehabilitation facility, according to a ...

Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke. The results can be loss of independence, disability and death. Many factors affect the outcome of a stroke, but appropriate ...

Inpatient and outpatient treatments of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor ischemic stroke (mIS) yield comparable safety outcomes, new research suggests. In a meta-analysis of more than 200,000 ...

Janjua et al. analyzed data on patients aged 1–17 years who were registered in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS; represents 20% of all community hospital admissions in the US) during the period ...