Stroke rehabilitation. 1. Epidemiologic aspects and acute management.

This self-directed learning module highlights the epidemiology and acute management issues for stroke. As part of the chapter on stroke rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Medical Knowledge Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation, this article contains sections on the epidemiologic features of stroke, including etiology and risk factors, pathophysiologic aspects of stroke syndromes, and acute medical issues in stroke.