Management of fever, hyperglycemia, and swallowing dysfunction following hospital admission for acute stroke in New South Wales, Australia

ConclusionsOur results showed that acute stroke patients were: undermonitored and undertreated for fever and hyperglycemia; and underscreened for swallowing dysfunction and unnecessarily reassessed by a speech pathologist, indicating the need for urgent behavior change.

Source: International Journal of Stroke - November 10, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Peta Drury, Christopher Levi, Elizabeth McInnes, Jennifer Hardy, Jeanette Ward, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Catherine D' Este, Simeon Dale, Patrick McElduff, N Wah Cheung, Clare Quinn, Rhonda Griffiths, Malcolm Evans, Dominique Cadilhac, Sandy Middleton Tags: Research Source Type: research