Journal article
Cluster crossover trial of head positioning in acute stroke
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Background
Outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke could be improved by lying flat, i.e., fully supine with the back horizontal and the face upwards, to increase cerebral perfusion. Evidence to guide head positioning after stroke is limited and the lying flat position may increase the risk of pneumonia.
Methods
In a pragmatic, cluster randomized crossover trial conducted in nine countries, we randomly assigned 11,094 patients with acute stroke, 85% of whic...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1056/NEJMoa1615715
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Massachusetts Medical Society Publisher's website
- Journal:
- New England Journal of Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 376
- Pages:
- 2437-2447
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-03-21
- DOI:
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1533-4406
- ISSN:
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0028-4793
- Source identifiers:
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687222
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pubs:687222
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uuid:a11b1fca-4db5-442f-bf50-c5f699c19808
- Local pid:
- pubs:687222
- Deposit date:
- 2017-03-27
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- Copyright holder:
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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