Organisation of inhospital acute stroke care and minimum criteria for stroke care units. Recommendations of the Belgian Stroke Council

Abstract

There is ample evidence front randomized trials that for patients with stroke, stroke unit care is superior to care ill general medical or neurological wards. This evidence, which has been adopted by international guidelines has to be implemented into daily stroke care. This consensus document prepared by the Belgian Stroke Council provides a set of minimum criteria to meet international standards for stoke care. It is intended to provide help ill the creation of stroke units in centers who do not currently have one and to provide a benchmark for centres already having organised stroke care