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The excess costs of hospitalization for acute stroke in people with communication impairment: a Stroke123 data linkage sub-study
To describe the costs of hospital care for acute stroke for patients with aphasia or dysarthria.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - February 7, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Emily L Brogan, Joosup Kim, Rohan S Grimley, Sarah J Wallace, Caroline Baker, Tharshanah Thayabaranathan, Nadine E Andrew, Monique F Kilkenny, Erin Godecke, Miranda L Rose, Dominique A Cadilhac Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

Urban-Rural Differences in Service Utilization and Costs of Care for Racial-Ethnic Groups Hospitalized with Post-Stroke Aphasia
The objective of this study was to use discharge-level hospital inpatient data to examine the influence of patient residence (rural vs. urban) and race-ethnicity on service utilization and cost of care among PWA.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - August 10, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Rose Y. Hardy, Richard C. Lindrooth, Richard K. Peach, Charles Ellis Source Type: research

Carotid Artery Thrombus Caused by Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia Induced Reactive Thrombocytosis, Leading to Stroke in a Young Patient
We report a case of a 42 year old female with history of iron deficiency anemia (IDA),fibroid uterus, menorrhagia, thrombocytosis and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in 2012 with no residual deficits, who presented with expressive aphasia and left sided hemiparesis concerning for a right middle cerebral artery infarct. Patient was found to be a candidate for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and received tPA within 60 minutes of arrival to the hospital with improvement in her symptoms.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - November 23, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Ayesha Khan, Maria Jouvin Castro, Gary N. Inwald Tags: Research poster Source Type: research

Racial-Differences in Speech-Language Pathology Utilization and Cost among Persons with Aphasia in the Stroke Belt
To examine racial differences in speech-language pathology (SLP) utilization and costs among persons with aphasia (PWA) being treatment in acute care hospitals in North Carolina (NC).
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 27, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Charles Ellis, Rose Y. Hardy, Richard C. Lindrooth, Richard K. Peach Source Type: research

Predictors of Subjective Cognitive Complaint in Postacute Older Adult Stroke Patients
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the impact of objective cognitive impairment, negative affect, and fatigue on cognitive complaint in a postacute (mean=6.64±1.32mo) sample of patients with ischemic stroke.Design: Cross-sectional study.Setting: Specialized stroke units at major metropolitan hospitals.Participants: Patients with first-ever ischemic stroke (N=25) aged between 50 and 85 years with relatively good neurologic recovery (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score ≤7) during the postacute period. Participants were excluded from the study if there was a documented history of psychiatric illness, neurolog...
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - March 25, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Fiona Lamb, Jacqueline Anderson, Michael Saling, Helen Dewey Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research