Do acute stroke units improve care?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 346-349

  Bath, Philip M W ^a   Soo, John ^a   Butterworth, Richard J ^a   Kerr, Jean E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stroke unit; Stroke intensive care unit; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029807354     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108050     Document Type: Article

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