Stroke in the very old: Incidence, risk factors, clinical features, outcomes and access to resources - A 22-year population-based study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-121

  Béjot, Yannick ^a   Rouaud, Olivier ^a   Jacquin, Agnès ^a   Osseby, Guy Victor ^a   Durier, Jérôme ^a   Manckoundia, Patrick ^a   Pfitzenmeyer, Pierre ^a   Moreau, Thibault ^a   Giroud, Maurice ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Elderly; Registries, stroke; Risk factors, stroke; Stroke epidemiology; Stroke, outcome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70849133427     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262306     Document Type: Article

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