High initial blood pressure after acute stroke is associated with poor functional outcome

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 249, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 467-473

  Ahmed, N ^a   Wahlgren, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Cerebral infarction; Cerebrovascular disorders; Clinical trials; Hypertension; Nimodipine

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIMODIPINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035725405     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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