Craniectomy for malignant cerebral infarction: Prevalence and outcomes in US hospitals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Walcott, Brian P ^a   Kuklina, Elena V ^b   Nahed, Brian V ^a   George, Mary G ^b   Kahle, Kristopher T ^a   Simard, J Marc ^c   Asaad, Wael F ^d   Coumans, Jean Valery C E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DATA BASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT CEREBRAL INFARCTION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455217654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029193     Document Type: Article

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