Stroke in the very old

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Noone, I ^a   O'Shea, D ^a   Crowe, M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; NURSING; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 42949170559     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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