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Predictors of discharge to home during the first year after right hemisphere stroke

Mervi Jehkonen, Jukka-Pekka Ahonen, Prasun Dastidar, Anna‐Maija Koivisto, Pékka Laippala, Juhani Vilkki, G. Molnár

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica · 2001 · 81 citations · 29 references

Abstract

Hemiparesis, unawareness of illness and presence of a relative at home were the best predictors of the time from right hemisphere stroke to discharge to home.

References

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Thomas Brott, Harold P. Adams, Charles P. Olinger et al. · Stroke · 1989 · 5.7K citations

Cerebrovascular Disease, Neurological Rehabilitation, Stroke Patients +18

A Standardized Memory Scale for Clinical Use

David Wechsler · The Journal of Psychology · 1945 · 2.9K citations

Memory Retrieval, Standardized Memory Scale, Psychiatry +14

Volume of intracerebral hemorrhage. A powerful and easy-to-use predictor of 30-day mortality.

Joseph P. Broderick, Thomas G. Brott, John E. Duldner et al. · Stroke · 1993 · 1.7K citations

Interrater Reliability of the NIH Stroke Scale

Larry B. Goldstein, C. Bertels, James N. Davis · Archives of Neurology · 1989 · 986 citations

Rating Scale, Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke Rehabilitation +16

Functional abilities after stroke: measurement, natural history and prognosis.

Derick T Wade, R L Hewer · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 1987 · 883 citations · Full text

Disability, Education, Neurological Rehabilitation +18