QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Survival of unselected stroke patients in a stroke unit compared with conventional care.
Recent meta-analyses have reported a beneficial effect of stroke units compared with traditional care, both on patient survival and on dependency after one year. ⋯ In this, the largest single-centre study to evaluate the survival benefit of a stroke unit, survival at 30 days was increased, although not significantly so. Survival at one year was unchanged.