ReviewJournal of general internal medicine2012
Symptomatic and palliative care for stroke survivors.
Review in Journal of general internal medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Role of cognitive reserve in ischemic stroke prognosis: A systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Circulating MicroRNAs and Extracellular Vesicle-Derived MicroRNAs as Predictors of Functional Recovery in Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Effect and Mechanisms of Quercetin for Experimental Focal Cerebral Ischemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Pooled it
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- Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Palliative Care Utilization Among Patients with In-Hospital Mortality After Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke.Neurocritical care · 2026Article
- Factors associated with depression and cognitive impairment after cerebral hemorrhage surgery.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unaddressed palliative care needs of ischemic stroke patients treated with reperfusion therapies after age 80.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Time to Change of Resuscitation Code (Do-Not-Resuscitate) and Time to Death after a Stroke: Palliative Aspects from a Tertiary Center.European neurology · 2025Article
- Patients and treatments in a neuropalliative outpatient clinic: an analysis of clinical routine data from five years of care.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- An evidence map of clinical practice guideline recommendations and quality of non-pharmaceutical interventions for post-stroke emotional disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Care of the Patient Nearing the End of Life in the Neurointensive Care Unit.Neurocritical care · 2024Review
- Home symptom management training programme: carer evaluation.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2024Article
- Palliative care needs of Jordanian women's experience of living with stroke: a descriptive phenomenological study.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on post-stroke depression.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Experience of Subcutaneous Levetiracetam in Palliative Care.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2023Article
- When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative?AMA journal of ethics · 2021Article
- Predicting short and long-term mortality after acute ischemic stroke using EHR.Journal of the neurological sciences · 2021Article
- [Central Post-Stroke Pain at the Tingandogo University Teaching Hospital of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso): Frequency, Clinical Profile, Quality of Life of Patients and Associated Factors].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2021Article
- Higher risk of herpes zoster in stroke patients.PloS one · 2020Article
- Nutritional risk markers among stroke out-patients at the neurology clinic of a teaching hospital in Ghana.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Stroke is the leading cause of disability and one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Outside the setting of acute management, secondary prevention and stroke rehabilitation, little has been written to address the ongoing symptomatic and palliative needs of these patients and their families. In this literature review, we look beyond secondary prevention with the aim of providing evidence-informed management guidelines for the myriad and often under-recognized symptomatic and palliative care needs of stroke survivors. Some of the most common and disabling post-stroke symptoms that are reviewed here include central post-stroke pain, hemiplegic shoulder pain, painful spasticity, fatigue, incontinence, post-stroke seizures, sexual dysfunction, sleep-disordered breathing, depression and emotionalism. We review the role of caregivers and explore ways to support them and, lastly, remind the reader to be perceptive to the patient's spiritual needs. The literature is most robust, including controlled trials, for central post-stroke pain and depression. Synthesis and discussion outside these areas are frequently limited to smaller studies, case reports and expert opinion. While some data exists to guide informed decision-making, there is an urgent need to document best practice and identify appropriate clinical standards for the full spectrum of symptoms experienced by stroke survivors. We present the current and established data to aid health care providers in symptomatic and palliative management of stroke survivors.
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