Poststroke care: Chronicles of a neglected battle

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1727-1729

  Saposnik, Gustavo ^a,b,f   Kapral, Moira K ^c,d,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Research Unit   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Health policy; Health services research; Hospital admissions; Mortality; Outcome research; Rehospitalization; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249779556     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.487249     Document Type: Editorial

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