Background Clinical quality registries (CQRs) are playing an increasingly important role in
improving health outcomes and reducing health care costs. CQRs are established with the …

Background and Purpose—To develop recommendations for the establishment of
comprehensive stroke centers capable of delivering the full spectrum of care to seriously ill …

Background Pediatric arterial ischemic stroke remains incompletely understood. Population-
based epidemiological data inform clinical trial design but are scant in this condition. We …

Dysphagia, dysarthria and aphasia occur frequently following stroke. Our purpose was to
identify the incidence, co-occurrence, and predictors of these impairments after first-ever …

Background—Stroke is an important cause of death and disability in women as well as men.
However, little is known about sex differences in stroke care and outcomes. Methods—The …

Background As a leading cause of severe disability and death, stroke places an enormous
burden on the health care system in China. There are limited data on the pattern of current …

Stroke is the second cause of death and more importantly first cause of disability in people
over 40 years of age. Current therapeutic management of ischemic stroke does not provide …

Background and Purpose—The Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry is being
developed to improve the quality of acute stroke care. This article describes key features of …

Background Large numbers of stroke patients arrive at hospital at a very early stage, and
effective treatments for the acute phase of the disease are available. However, evidence that …

Stroke is a major health burden in Thailand. It is the leading cause of death and long term
disability in both men and women. Despite the improvement of healthcare system, the …