Patients With Acute Stroke Admitted on the Second Visit

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Nakajima, Makoto ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^b   Uchino, Makoto ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

hypertension; initial symptoms; Ischemic stroke; neurologist

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SUMMER; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; PARESIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949143257     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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