title: Stroke and neurodegenerative disorders. 2. Stroke: comorbidities and complications.
abstract: This self-directed learning module highlights diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities and complications encountered by patients with stroke. It is part of the study guide on stroke and neurodegenerative disorders in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This article specifically focuses on cardiopulmonary complications and examines neurologic sequelae, risk factors for falls, and prevention strategies. It also discusses upper-limb pain, fatigue, and depression and highlights diagnosis and management of genitourinary complications.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To summarize common comorbidities and complications encountered by patients after stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. alex.moroz@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moroz
authors.forename: Ross A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bogey
authors.forename: Phillip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Carolyn C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Geis
authors.forename: Bryan J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: O'Neill
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology