Characteristics and changes in characteristics of women and babies admitted to residential parenting services in New South Wales, Australia in the first year following birth: a population-based data linkage study 2000-2012.

Objective: To examine the characteristics of women and babies admitted to the residential parenting services (RPS) of Tresillian and Karitane in the first year following birth.

Design: A linked population data cohort study was undertaken for the years 2000-2012.

Setting: New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

A study of 90-day outcomes for a cohort of patients admitted to an Australian metropolitan acute stroke unit.

This study investigated patients' 90-day outcomes poststroke following an admission to one Australian metropolitan Acute Stroke Unit (ASU) and examined premorbid risk factors associated with these outcomes. Data from patients consecutively admitted from January 2006 to July 2007 (n = 54) to an acute stroke unit within 48 hours of onset of symptoms were linked with the Quality in Acute Stroke Care research project data and were analyzed to identify associations between premorbid risk factors (atrial fibrillation, hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking and diabetes); demographic, clinical and stroke characteristics; and death, disability (modified Rankin Score ≥ 2), dependency (Barthel Index score ≥ 95) and health status (SF-36) poststroke. Within 90 days, 4 participants had died and 45.