| Hospitals |
A TCM hospital or a hospital of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine at the second level or above Member of Guangdong provincial network of TCM hospitals for the management of brain conditions The hospital has a head CT that is open 24 hours×7 days
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TCM hospitals used Chinese medicine frequently in stroke management Using the network will ease the research implementation Head CT is necessary for the diagnosis of stroke
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| Departments |
Having no less than 20 beds reaches Stroke accounts for no less than 20% of annual inpatient admission The department head must be an attending physician or above and in stroke clinical work for more than 5 years
| Those three criteria ensure that we are targeting established stroke treatment providers | None | None |
| Clinicians | Attending doctors or above who are managing patients with stroke | To ensure that the programme reaches the intended clinicians | Internship or rotation doctor | To ensure that the programme reaches the intended clinicians; increase validity |
| Patients |
Age≥18 years old Diagnosed as non-cardiogenic stroke (defined as 8B10, 8B11, 8B00, 8B01, 8B02, 8B03 in ICD-11),49 confirmed by head CT or head MR Hospitalised for stroke in a medical institution enrolled in this programme The time of diagnosis is consistent with the time mentioned in the guidelines
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The guideline to be implemented is for adults The programme targets patients with stroke The programme targets inpatients Meet the applicability of the guidelines
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Diagnosed with pathological brain disorders, such as vascular malformations, tumours and abscesses Diagnosed with other serious acute diseases including heart attack, asthma attack, pneumoniaappendicitis, organ failure, acute bronchitis Diagnosed as pregnant Repeat admissions
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Avoid delaying the treatment of other diseases Avoid delaying the treatment of other diseases Avoid the effect of this programme Meet the applicability of the guidelines
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