Dehydration in hospital-admitted stroke patients: Detection, frequency, and association

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 857-859

  Rowat, Anne ^a   Graham, Catriona ^b   Dennis, Martin ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute stroke; blood urea; creatinine; dehydration

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CREATININE; DEHYDRATION; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

EID: 84857658293     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.640821     Document Type: Article

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