Impact of a neurointensivist on outcomes in critically Ill stroke patients

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-71

  Knopf, Lisa ^a   Staff, Ilene ^b   Gomes, Joao ^c   McCullough, Louise ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracerebral hemorrhage; Ischemic stroke; Neurocritical care; Neurointensivist; Outcomes; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROINTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROINTENSIVIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861097965     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9620-x     Document Type: Article

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