Factors associated with 1-year mortality after discharge for acute stroke: what matters?

CONCLUSIONS: While age and NIHSS on admission are important predictors of long-term outcomes, factors at discharge - ambulation status at discharge and discharge destination - are associated with 1-year mortality post-discharge for acute stroke and therefore could represent therapeutic targets to improve long-term survival in future studies.
PMID: 30281414 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - October 3, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Magdon-Ismail Z, Ledneva T, Sun M, Schwamm LH, Sherman B, Qian F, Bettger JP, Xian Y, Stein J Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research