• Stroke Mimics on the Stroke Unit – Temporal trends 2008–2017 at a large Norwegian university hospital 

      Barra, Georg Mathias Honoré; Faiz, Kashif Waqar; Dahl, Fredrik Andreas; Næss, Halvor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objectives: The objective was to quantify temporal trends in stroke mimics (SM) admissions relative to cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), incidence of hospitalized SMs and characterize the SM case-mix at a general hospital's ...
    • Stroke unit demand in Norway – present and future estimates 

      Dahl, Fredrik Andreas; Barra, Mathias; Faiz, Kashif Waqar; Ihle-Hansen, Hege; Næss, Halvor; Rand, Kim; Rønning, Ole Morten; Simonsen, Tone Breines; Thommessen, Bente; Labberton, Angela Susan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-15)
      Background: All stroke patients should receive timely admission to a stroke unit (SU). Consequently, most patients with suspected strokes – including stroke mimics (SM) are admitted. The aim of this study was to estimate ...