Homeostasis as basis of acute stroke treatment: Stroke units are the key

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Diez Tejedor E ^a   Fuentes, B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Homeostasis; Stroke; Stroke management; Stroke units

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OXYGEN;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROPROTECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; OXYGEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644790032     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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