Publications by authors named "A Sundseth"

Purpose: Discharge summaries are important tools for communication between health care levels and can ensure continuity of rehabilitation. This study aims to gain insight into the content of discharge summaries written by hospital physiotherapists and occupational therapists regarding patients with stroke, and their adherence to recommended criteria for discharge summaries.

Material And Methods: 31 physiotherapy and multidisciplinary discharge summaries, for stroke patients discharged home from hospital with need of follow-up, were included in the study.

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Article Synopsis
  • Recent studies showed a rise in cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting this evaluation of hospitalization and mortality rates comparing the pandemic year (2020) to the year prior (2019).
  • A cross-sectional study analyzed data from 171 stroke centers worldwide, focusing on CVT admissions and associated mortality from January 2019 to May 2021, revealing no significant differences in overall CVT volume or mortality between 2019 and 2020.
  • However, the first five months of 2021 saw a notable increase in CVT admissions compared to 2019 and 2020, with higher mortality rates linked to COVID-19-positive patients and instances of vaccine-induced immune
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Background: The scope of this priority-setting process is communication and collaboration in transitional care for patients with acute stroke. Actively involving persons with stroke and their family caregivers is important both in transitional care and when setting priorities for research. Established priority-setting methods are time-consuming and require extensive resources.

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In this study, we suggest that there is a substantial knowing-doing gap in acute stroke, as increased stroke knowledge was not associated with earlier hospital admission.

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