Derivation and validation of the Prolonged Length of Stay score in acute stroke patients

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1511-1516

  Koton, S ^a   Bornstein, N M ^a,b   Tsabari, R ^c   Tanne, D ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Sagol Neuroscience Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE PATIENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952149751     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181dd4dc5     Document Type: Article

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