Impact of hospital admission during nonworking hours on patient outcomes after thrombolysis for stroke

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2521-2525

  Haeusler, Karl Georg ^a   Gerischer, Lea M ^a   Vatankhah, Bijan ^b   Audebert, Heinrich J ^a   Nolte, Christian H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Diako Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 day mortality; clinical worsening; ischemic stroke; level of medical care; nonworking hours; thrombolysis; working hours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONWORKING TIME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052400156     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.612697     Document Type: Article

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