Stroke

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Health Services Research

Symposium

(600820) HOT TOPICS IN STROKE: Inconsistent Classification of Mild Stroke and Implications of Health Service Delivery

Presenter(s)

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  Monique Pappadis, M.Ed., PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  Galveston, Texas
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  Shilpa Krishnan, PT, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Emory University
  Atlanta, Georgia
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  Suzanne Burns, PhD, OTR

  Assistant Professor
  Texas Woman's University
  Dallas, Texas
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  Debra Ouellette, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, SCLV

  Clinical Coordinator Outpatient Rehabilitation
  Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
  La Verne, California
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  Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM

  Executive Director and Professor
  Cedars-Sinai
  Valley Village, California

Patients classified with mild stroke typically do not receive treatment or rehabilitation services but may experience deficits months following stroke. Lack of a global consensus on the definition of mild stroke may result in variability in treatment during acute care and outcomes following discharge. For this hot topic panel discussion, an interdisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers will discuss the clinical and outcome assessments used internationally to classify stroke severity, the need for an international consensus definition, and the implications of inconsistent classification on health service delivery following a mild stroke.

Learning Objectives:

• distinguish the clinical signs and symptoms, imaging and outcome assessments used to classify “mild” stroke from an international body of literature.
• recognize the need for a global consensus definition to enhance clinical practice and research.
• discuss the implications for health care delivery associated with the inconsistent classification of “mild” stroke.