Gender differences in emergency stroke care and hospital outcome in acute ischemic stroke: A multicenter observational study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 178-184

  Park, Se Jin ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^b   Ro, Young Sun ^c   Song, Kyoung Jun ^d   Oh, Juhwan ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870910757     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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