Protocol and pilot data for establishing the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-226

  Cadilhac, Dominique A ^a,b,c   Lannin, Natasha A ^d,e   Anderson, Craig S ^d,e   Levi, Christopher R ^f   Faux, Steven ^g   Price, Chris ^h   Middleton, Sandy ^g,i   Lim, Joyce ^e   Thrift, Amanda G ^a,c,j   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h National Stroke Foundation Australia   (Australia)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Health outcome; Quality assessment; Registries; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953803963     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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