Elevated blood urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio is associated with poor outcome in patients with ischemic stroke

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 881-884

  Schrock, Jon W ^a   Glasenapp, Michael ^b   Drogell, Kristin ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Akron General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Hypovolemia; Ischemic stroke; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN CREATININE RATIO; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864277348     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.01.031     Document Type: Article

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