The Debrecen Stroke Database: demographic characteristics, risk factors, stroke severity and outcome in 8088 consecutive hospitalised patients with acute cerebrovascular disease

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 335-339

  Bereczki, D ^a,b   Mihalka L ^c   Fekete, I ^a   Valikovics, A ^c   Csepany T ^a   Fulesdi B ^a   Bajko Z ^d   Szekeres, C ^d   Fekete, K ^a   Csiba, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Borsod County Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acute; Blood pressure; Cerebral haemorrhage; Epidemiology; Ischaemic stroke; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 70349509068     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2009.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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