Prevalence of aphasia after stroke in a hospital population in southern Brazil: a retrospective cohort study.
Conclusions: PWA may need more health care during hospitalization, because of the severity of the stroke, and their frailty. Further studies are needed to assess the direct impact of aphasia on inpatients.
PMID: 31687916 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - Category: Neurology Authors: Lima RR, Rose ML, Lima HN, Cabral NL, Silveira NC, Massi GA Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research
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