PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
One-year all-cause mortality after stroke: a prediction model.
By using data from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national databases, this article presents and internally validates a 1-year all-cause mortality prediction index after hospitalization for acute stroke. ⋯ When using readily available data, a simple index that stratifies stroke patients at hospital discharge according to low, moderate, high, and highest likelihood of all-cause 1-year mortality is feasible and can inform the postdischarge planning process, depending on level of risk.
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To report outcomes of intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy for spasticity management in a cohort of patients who had received this treatment for at least 10 years. ⋯ The subjects reported low levels of pain, moderate levels of life satisfaction, normal levels of sleepiness, low-to-moderate levels of fatigue, infrequent spasms at mild-to-moderate severity, and high levels of satisfaction. The efficacy and favorable adverse effect profile of ITB therapy was sustained in this cohort of subjects with more than a decade of treatment.