Better functional recovery after acute stroke in older patients managed in a new dedicated post-stroke geriatric unit compared to usual management

• Main Authors: Bruno Oquendo (Author), Charlotte Nouhaud (Author), Witold Jarzebowski (Author), Anne Leger (Author), Christel Oasi (Author), Massamba Ba (Author), Carmelo Lafuente-Lafuente (Author), Joel Belmin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: A Stroke care Pathway dedicated to the ELders (SPEL) for patients with acute stroke was created in 2013 at the hospitals Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix (Paris, France). It is characterized by a stroke unit dedicated to emergency stroke care, and a post stroke geriatric unit (PSGU) inc...