Should mild or moderate stroke patients be admitted to an intensive care unit?

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 871-876

  Briggs, Deborah E ^a   Felberg, Robert A ^a,b   Malkoff, Marc D ^a   Bratina, Patti ^a   Grotta, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Stroke; Stroke management; Stroke outcome; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0035067987     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.4.871     Document Type: Article

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