Processes of care associated with acute stroke outcomes

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 804-810

  Bravata, Dawn M ^a,b   Wells, Carolyn K ^c   Lo, Albert C ^a,d,e,f   Nadeau, Steven E ^g   Melillo, Jean ^c   Chodkowski, Diane ^c   Struve, Frederick ^c   Williams, Linda S ^a,b   Peixoto, Aldo J ^c,d   Gorman, Mark ^h   Goel, Punit ^c   Acompora, Gregory ^c   McClain, Vincent ^c   Ranjbar, Noshene ^c   Tabereaux, Paul B ⁱ   Boice, John L ^j   Jacewicz, Michael ^k   Concato, John ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^j Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^k VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SWALLOWING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOXIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77952131085     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.92     Document Type: Article

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