Temporal changes in the documentation of neurological findings among patients with acute ischaemic stroke in a single centre in Japan: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To evaluate temporal differences in the documentation of neurological findings by the same physicians in patients with ischaemic stroke while in hospital. We also investigated differences in the rate of documentation of neurological findings in patients with stroke between internists and neurosurgeons. DESIGN:A retrospective medical chart review. PARTICIPANTS:Hospitalised adult patients with acute ischaemic stroke who stayed 7 or more days in our hospital. Neurosurgeons (n=8) and internists (n=19) caring for these patients (including up to 10 patients per physician). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The documentation rate of any neurological finding in the patients on each day (from day 1 to 7 and on discharge). The documentation rates of eight neurological finding components (consciousness

SUBMITTER: Komagamine J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5736093 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature