Sex differences in acute stroke care in a statewide stroke registry

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Gargano, Julia Warner ^a   Wehner, Susan ^a   Reeves, Mathew ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b B601 W Fee Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Quality of health care; Sex; Stroke registries; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149039577     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493262     Document Type: Article

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