Data Collection of Patients Admitted to the Stroke Unit
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
The purpose of this prospective observational study is to create a database in which data will be collected from every patient admitted to the Stroke unit and who has explicitly given his or her informed consent for this data collection. The data that will be collected are part of the standard clinical data. No additional investigations, blood tests or any other tests will be performed. The purpose of this database is to conduct retrospective observational research in the future and will allow the hospital to keep track of some important quality indicators in stroke care.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to the Stroke unit with a cerebrovascular disease * Patients admitted to the regular neurological ward or any other department in the University Hospital Ghent with a cerebrovascular disease who are actively followed by the department of Neurology during hospitalisation * Patients who have given their explicit informed consent for data collection Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have not given informed consent for data collection * Patients who are not able to give informed consent and whose legal representative has not given informed consent