Stroke units versus general medical wards, I: Twelve-and eighteen-month survival: A randomized, controlled trial

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-62

  Rønning, Ole Morten ^a   Guldvog, Bjørn ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Outcome; Stroke units; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; WARD;

EID: 0031964046     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.1.58     Document Type: Article

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