Stroke in elderly patients: management and prognosis in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 742-749

  Montout, Viviane ^a   Madonna Py, Beatrice ^a   Josse, Marie Odile ^a   Ondze, Igor ^a   Arhan, Amandine ^a   Crozier, Sophie ^a   Hausfater, Pierre ^a   Riou, Bruno ^a   Boddaert, Jacques ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 50549097144     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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