Hospital Care of Stroke Patients: Importance of Expert Neurological Care;Importancia de una atención neurológica especializada en el manejo intrahospitalario de pacientes con ictus

Neurologia

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 510-517

  Alvarez Sabin J ^a   Ribo M ^a   Masjuan, J ^a   Tejada, J R ^a   Quintana, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outcome; Stroke; Stroke Team; Stroke Unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPAIN; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81255187965     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: 15781968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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