Organizational issues in stroke treatment: The Swiss paradigm - Stroke units

Georgios K Matis; Olga I Chrysou; Theodossios A Birbilis

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Organizational issues in stroke treatment: The Swiss paradigm - Stroke units

Georgios K Matis, Olga I Chrysou, Theodossios A Birbilis

Department of Neurosurgery, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Address for correspondence: Dr. Georgios K. Matis 10th Plattenstrasse (Room 1401), Zurich, CH.8032 Switzerland georgios.matis@uzh.ch

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

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Abstract

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Stroke represents the leading cause of acquired disability in adults and poses a tremendous socioeconomic burden both on patients and the society. In this sense, prompt diagnosis and urgent treatment are needed in order to radically reduce the devastating consequences of this disease. Herein the authors present the new guidelines recently adopted by the Swiss Stroke Society concerning the establishment of stroke units. Standardized treatment and allocation protocols along with an acute rehabilitation concept seem to be the core of the Swiss stroke management system. Coordinated multidisciplinary care provided by specialized medical, nursing and therapy staff is of utmost importance for achieving a significant dependency and death reduction. It is believed that the implementation of these guidelines in the stroke care system would be beneficial not only for the stroke patients, but also for the health system.

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Guidelines

Organization

Stroke

Stroke centers

Stroke units

Switzerland

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[1] Gostynski M, Engelter S, Papa S, Ajdacic-Gross V, Gutzwiller F, Lyrer P, . Incidence of first-ever ischemic stroke in the Canton Basle-City, Switzerland: A population-based study 2002/2003. J Neurol. 2006;253:86-91.
[Google Scholar]

[2] Zerebrovaskuläre Arbeitsgruppe der Schweiz (ZAS), Schweizerische Herzstiftung (SHS) , . Epidemiologie des Hirnschlages. Schweiz Arzteztg. 2000;81:835-40.
[Google Scholar]

[3] Meyer K, Simmet A, Arnold M, Mattle H, Nedeltchev K, . Stroke events, and case fatalities in Switzerland based on hospital statistics and cause of death statistics. Swiss Med Wkly. 2009;139:65-9.
[Google Scholar]

[4] Te Ao B. J., Brown P. M., Feigin V. L., Anderson C. S., . Are stroke units cost effective? Evidence from a New Zealand stroke incidence and population-based study. Int J Stroke. 2012;7:623-30.
[Google Scholar]

[5] Fuentes B, Díez-Tejedor E, . Stroke units: Many questions, some answers. Int J Stroke. 2009;4:28-37.
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[6] Moodie M, Cadilhac D, Pearce D, Mihalopoulos C, Carter R, Davis S, et al . Economic evaluation of Australian stroke services: A prospective, multicenter study comparing dedicated stroke units with other care modalities. Stroke. 2006;37:2790-5.
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[7] Epifanov Y, Dodel R, Haacke C, Schaeq M, Schöffski O, Hennerici M, et al . Costs of acute stroke care on regular neurological wards: A comparison with stroke unit setting. Health Policy. 2007;81:339-49.
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[8] Lyrer P, Michel P, Arnold M, Hungerbühler H, Gralla J, Humm A, et al . Stroke Units und Stroke Centers in der Schweiz: Richtlinien und Anforderungsprofil. Schweiz Med Forum. 2012;12:918-22.
[Google Scholar]

Organizational issues in stroke treatment: The Swiss paradigm - Stroke units

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Keywords

Guidelines

Organization

Stroke

Stroke centers

Stroke units

Switzerland

Conflict of Interest

References

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