Sex-specific temporal trends in in-hospital mortality after stroke among middle-age individuals in the United States

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2740-2745

  Towfighi, Amytis ^a,b   Tai, Waimei ^a   Markovic, Daniela ^c   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

middle age; mortality; Nationwide Inpatient Sample; stroke; trends; United States

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053333845     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.612648     Document Type: Article

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