Prevention After Stroke - a Nurse-led Physician-supervised Model

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2012
Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for recurrent stroke. Several studies have shown that less than 40% of stroke survivors are treated to target one year after stroke The investigator performed a feasibility study to test a model of treating this important risk factor in a hospital setting The investigator used a stepwise escalation of treatment of both blood pressure and blood cholesterol to individual targets according to patients' diagnosis of stroke, comorbidity and age
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First added on: May 21, 2024