Subacute seizure incidence in thrombolysis-treated ischemic stroke patients

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-245

  Couillard, P ^a   Almekhlafi, M A ^a,b   Irvine, A ^a   Jette N ^a   Pow, J ^a   St Germaine Smith, C ^a   Pillay, N ^a   Hill, M D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Outcomes; Seizures; Tissue plasminogen activator; TPA

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; CIRCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE PATIENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860881735     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9657-x     Document Type: Article

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