Collaborative systematic review of the randomised trials of organised inpatient (stroke unit) care after stroke

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7088, 1997, Pages 1151-1159

  Langhorne, Peter ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DISABLED PERSONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0008544037     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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