PRECIOUS: PREvention of Complications to Improve OUtcome in elderly patients with acute Stroke: rationale and design of a randomised, open, phase III, clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment

PRECIOUS: PREvention of Complications to Improve OUtcome in elderly patients with acute Stroke: rationale and design of a randomised, open, phase III, clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment

Background: Elderly patients are at high risk of complications after stroke, such as infections and fever. The occurrence of these complications has been associated with an increased risk of death or dependency. Hypothesis: Prevention of aspiration, infections, or fever with metoclopramide, ceftria...

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Main Authors: Reinink, Hendrik, de Jonge, Jeroen C., Bath, Philip M., van de Beek, Diederik, Berge, Eivind, Borregaard, Saskia, Ciccone, Alfonso, Csiba, Laszlo, Demotes, Jacques, Dippel, Diederik W., Korv, Janika, Kurkowska-Jastrzebska, Iwona, Lees, Kennedy R, Macleod, Malcolm R., Ntaios, George, Randall, Gary, Thomalla, Gotz, van der Worp, Bart
Format: Article
Published: Sage 2018
Subjects:
Stroke
complications
elderly
ceftriaxone
metoclopramide
paracetamol
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51630/

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