Why do ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack patients get readmitted?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Bhattacharya, Pratik ^a   Khanal, Deependra ^a   Madhavan, Ramesh ^a   Chaturvedi, Seemant ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Healthcare quality; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STROKE;

EID: 79959818012     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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