Is pre-existing dementia an independent predictor of outcome after stroke? A propensity score-matched analysis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2366-2375

  Saposnik, Gustavo ^a   Kapral, Moira K ^b   Cote, Robert ^c   Rochon, Paula A ^d   Wang, Julie ^a   Raptis, Stavroula ^e   Mamdani, Muhammad ^e   Black, Sandra E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteplase; Dementia; Disability; Elderly; Mortality; Outcomes; Pneumonia; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHARLSON INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTERED PERSONS DATABASE; REGISTRY OF THE CANADIAN STROKE NETWORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STROKE UNIT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPENSITY SCORE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868201180     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6508-4     Document Type: Article

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