Stroke units and acute care for elders model of care [6]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1587-1588

  Rozzini, Renzo ^a   Sabatini, Tony ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^a   Ranhoff, Anette H ^b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; STROKE; WARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 4444377347     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52430_8.x     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Allen KL, Hazelett SE, Palmer RR et al. Developing a stroke unit using the acute care for elders intervention and model of care. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:1660-1667.
2. Landefeld CS, Palmer RM, Kresevic DM et al. A randomized trial of care in a hospital medical unit especially designed to improve the functional outcomes of acutely ill older patients. N Engl J Med 1995;332:1338-1344.
3. Rozzini R, Sabatini T, Frisoni GB et al. Frailty is a strong modulator of heart failure-associated mortality. Arch Intern Med 2003;163:737-738.
4. Graham GD. Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke in clinical practice. A meta-analysis of safety data. Stroke 2003;34:2847-2850.
5. Kammersgaard LP, Rasmussen BH, Jørgensen HS et al. Feasibility and safety of inducing modest hypothermia in awake patients with acute stroke through surface cooling: A case-control study. The Copenhagen Stroke Study. Stroke 2000;31:2251-2256.