Serum calcium levels and long-term mortality in patients with acute stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Appel, Shmuel A ^a   Molshatzki, Noa ^a   Schwammenthal, Yvonne ^a   Merzeliak, Oleg ^a   Toashi, Maya ^a   Sela, Ben Ami ^a,b   Tanne, David ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Albumin adjusted calcium; Serum calcium; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN BINDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149463746     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321335     Document Type: Article

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