Predictive value of stroke and transient ischemic attack discharge diagnoses in The Danish National Registry of Patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 602-607

  Johnsen, Soren P ^a   Overvad, Kim ^a   Sorensen, Henrik Toft ^b   Tjonneland, Anne ^c   Husted, Steen E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Discharge; Follow up study; Predictive value; Registry; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036284179     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00391-8     Document Type: Article

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