Characteristics of delayed admission to stroke unit

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 405-411

  Silvestrelli, Giorgio ^a   Parnetti, Lucilla ^a   Tambasco, Nicola ^b   Corea, Francesco ^c   Capocchi, Giuseppe ^a   Paciaroni, M ^d   Venti, M ^d   Cardaioli, G ^d   Caso, V ^d   Milia, P ^d   Lanari, A ^d   Palmerini, F ^d   Saggese, E ^d   Nardi, K ^d   Micheli, S ^d   Sebastianelli, M ^d   Acciarresi, M ^d   Scaroni, R ^e   Luccioli, R ^e   Ciorba, E ^e   Pelliccioli, G P ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d Department of Neuroscience ^*  (Italy)

^e Department of Radiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delay; Hospital based stroke registry; Stroke; Stroke unit

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746413903     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641960600549892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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