Acute stroke management in the elderly

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 304-308

  Zeevi, Neer ^a   Chhabra, Jyoti ^a   Silverman, Isaac E ^a   Lee, Nora S ^a   McCullough, Louise D ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Community based; Intra arterial thrombolysis; Ischemic stroke; Plasminogen activator; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947197039     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098332     Document Type: Article

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