1. Stroke Units in Italy

   • L. Candelise
   • A. Bersano

   CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Pages: s223 - s224

2. Italian Stroke Guidelines (SPREAD): evidence and clinical practice

   • D. Inzitari
   • G. Carlucci

   CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Pages: s225 - s227

3. Development of clinical guidelines: methodological and practical issues

   • S. Ricci
   • M. G. Celani
   • E. Righetti

   CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Pages: s228 - s230

4. Strategies for dissemination and implementation of guidelines

   • G. Barosi

   CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Pages: s231 - s234

5. How to measure and to manage the risk of stroke

   • R. Sterzi
   • S. Vidale

   COMPUTER-BASED MODELS Pages: s235 - s237

6. Use of personal digital assistant devices in order to access, consult and apply a corpus of clinical guidelines and decision-based support documentation like the Italian SPREAD Guidelines on stroke disease

   • I. Cricelli

   COMPUTER-BASED MODELS Pages: s238 - s239

7. Models for guideline representation

   • S. Quaglini
   • P. Ciccarese

   COMPUTER-BASED MODELS Pages: s240 - s244

8. Workflow management systems for guideline implementation

   • S. Panzarasa
   • M. Stefanelli

   COMPUTER-BASED MODELS Pages: s245 - s249

9. Hybrid specification, storage, retrieval and runtime application of clinical guidelines

   • Y. Shahar

   COMPUTER-BASED MODELS Pages: s250 - s253

10. Italian SPREAD Guidelines: from past to future

    • G. F. Gensini
    • B. Dilaghi
    • A. Zaninelli

    COMPUTER-BASED MODELS Pages: s254 - s257

11. Stroke: prevention and estimation of risks

    • F. Negri

    IMPLEMENTATIONS Pages: s258 - s259

12. The SITS-MOST registry

    • D. Toni
    • S. Lorenzano
    • M. Prencipe

    IMPLEMENTATIONS Pages: s260 - s262

13. The Stroke in Italy and Related Impact on Outcome (SIRIO) study: design and baseline data

    • V. Toso
    • A. Carolei
    • on behalf of the SIRIO study investigators

    IMPLEMENTATIONS Pages: s263 - s267

14. Lombardia Stroke Unit Network Project

    • A. Cavallini
    • G. Micieli
    • on behalf of SUN Lombardia collaborators*

    IMPLEMENTATIONS Pages: s268 - s272

15. Stroke Active Guideline Evaluation (STAGE) project

    • G. Micieli
    • A. Cavallini
    • on behalf of the STAGE project collaborators*

    IMPLEMENTATIONS Pages: s273 - s276

16. The objectives of the Banca Dati Italiana Ictus Acuto (BADIA) Project

    • G. Micieli
    • D. Toni

    TOWARDS AN ITALIAN STROKE DATABANK Pages: s277 - s278

17. Clinical opportunities of an Italian Stroke Databank

    • S. Ricci

    TOWARDS AN ITALIAN STROKE DATABANK Pages: s279 - s280

18. Information models for data sharing

    • S. Quaglini

    TOWARDS AN ITALIAN STROKE DATABANK Pages: s281 - s283

19. Role of scientific societies in implementation of stroke guidelines and clinical pathways promotion

    • L. Provinciali

    TOWARDS AN ITALIAN STROKE DATABANK Pages: s284 - s286