Impact of delayed transfer of critically Ill stroke patients from the emergency department to the Neuro-ICU

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Rincon, Fred ^a   Mayer, Stephan A ^b   Rivolta, Juan ^b   Stillman, Joshua ^b   Boden Albala, Bernadette ^b,c   Elkind, Mitchell S V ^b   Marshall, Randolph ^b   Chong, Ji Y ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Emergency medicine; Hospital bed capacity; Neurocritical care; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954384689     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9347-0     Document Type: Article

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