Emergency department arrival times, treatment, and functional recovery in women with acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-688

  Knauft, Wesley ^a   Chhabra, Jyoti ^b   McCullough, Louise D ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951829684     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1616     Document Type: Article

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