Early infection and prognosis after acute stroke: the Copenhagen Stroke Study.

Background And Purpose: Infection is a frequent complication in the early course of acute stroke and may adversely affect stroke outcome. In the present study, we investigate early infection developing in patients within 3 days of admission to the hospital and its independent relation to recovery and stroke outcome. In addition, we identify predictors for early infections, infection subtypes, and their relation to initial stroke severity.

Admission body temperature predicts long-term mortality after acute stroke: the Copenhagen Stroke Study.

Background And Purpose: Body temperature is considered crucial in the management of acute stroke patients. Recently hypothermia applied as a therapy for stroke has been demonstrated to be feasible and safe in acute stroke patients. In the present study, we investigated the predictive role of admission body temperature to the long-term mortality in stroke patients.

Potentially reversible factors during the very acute phase of stroke and their impact on the prognosis: is there a large therapeutic potential to be explored?

In the Copenhagen Stroke Study, we evaluated the combined impact on stroke outcome of potentially treatable factors such as acute body temperature, blood glucose, and stroke in progression. The patients were stratified into two groups: (1) patients with 'good' prognostic parameters (body temperature on admission < or = 37.0 degrees C and plasma glucose on admission < or = 6.

Who benefits from treatment and rehabilitation in a stroke Unit? A community-based study.

Background And Purpose: The beneficial effects of treatment and rehabilitation of patients with acute stroke in a dedicated stroke unit (SU) are well established. We wanted to examine if these effects are limited to certain groups of patients or if they apply to all patients independent of age, sex, comorbidity, and initial stroke severity.

Methods: This was a community-based study of outcome in 1241 consecutive stroke patients from 2 communities in Copenhagen: In one (Frederiksberg), treatment and rehabilitation were given in general neurological and medical wards (GW), and in the other (Bispebjerg) in one single large SU.