Medical complications after stroke: a multicenter study.

By P. Langhorne, D. Stott, Lindsay Robertson, J. Macdonald, L. Jones, C. Mcalpine, F. Dick, G. Taylor, G. Murray. Stroke, 2000

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European Stroke Initiative Recommendations for Stroke Management – Update 2003 (2003, methodology): “The typical components of care in the stroke unit trials [Langhorne et al., 2002] were as follows: (a) assessment – medical assessment and diagnosis including computerised tomography (CT) scanning, early assessment of nursing and therapy needs; (b) early management policies – early mobilisation,…”
Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008. (2008, background): “Many of the immediate complications of stroke (DVT, skin breakdown, contracture formation, constipation, and hypostatic pneumonia) are related to immobility [505], and hence mobilization is a fundamental component of early rehabilitation.”
Inflammation and Stroke: An Overview (2016, background): “Accordingly, complication from pulmonary or urinary tract infections have been observed in ~20 % of patients with stroke [29].”