Effects of introducing an integrated care pathway in an acute stroke unit

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 362-367

  Kwan, Joseph ^a,c   Hand, Peter ^b,c   Dennis, Martin ^c   Sandercock, Peter ^c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Critical pathway; Elderly; Hospitalisation; Subacute care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE MIX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOOD DISORDER; NOSE FEEDING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 4043126026     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh104     Document Type: Article

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