Care and outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke with and without preexisting dementia

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1664-1673

  Saposnik, G ^a,b,c   Cote, R ^d   Rochon, P A ^a,b,e   Mamdani, M ^a,b,c   Liu, Y ^c   Raptis, S ^e   Kapral, M K ^a,b,c,f   Black, S E ^a,g  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE UNIT;

EID: 82955229055     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31823648f1     Document Type: Article

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