Association between out-of-hospital emergency department transfer and poor hospital outcome in critically ill stroke patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 620-625

  Rincon, Fred ^a   Morino, Tricia ^a   Behrens, Danielle ^a   Akbar, Umer ^a   Schorr, Christa ^a   Lee, Elizabeth ^a   Gerber, David ^a   Parrillo, Joseph ^a   Mirsen, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Resource use; Stroke; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AGED; APACHE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82055169273     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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