Does age predict outcome in stroke rehabilitation?
Admission functional status, employment and living at home before stroke but not age per se are predictors of a good outcome following stroke rehabilitation. As older patients show comparable improvement during rehabilitation, intensive rehabilitation should not be withheld in stroke patients simply because of advanced age.
Cheyne-Stokes respiration was not associated with health-related quality of life, daytime sleepiness or nocturnal dyspnea among patients stabilized following treatment for congestive heart failure.