The poor outcome of ischemic stroke in very old people: A cohort study of its determinants

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Denti, Licia ^a   Scoditti, Umberto ^a   Tonelli, Claudio ^a   Saccavini, Marsilio ^a   Caminiti, Caterina ^a   Valcavi, Rita ^a   Benatti, Mario ^a   Ceda, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Disability; Elderly; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 73949140680     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02616.x     Document Type: Article

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