Effectiveness of stroke units in the treatment of acute stroke;Wirksamkeit von speziellen schlaganfalleinrichtungen (stroke units) in der behandlung des akuten schlaganfalls

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-101

  Nikolaus, Th ^a   Jamour, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Based medicine; Evidence; Geriatric patient; Randomized trials; Stroke unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE;

EID: 0034030489     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00007917     Document Type: Article

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