Weekend admission in patients with acute ischemic stroke is not associated with poor functional outcome than weekday admission

Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-270

  Kim, Sang Chul ^a   Hong, Keun Sik ^a   Hwang, Seon Il ^a   Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Kim, Ah Ro ^a   Cho, Joong Yang ^a   Park, Hee Kyung ^a   Park, Ji Hyun ^a   Koo, Ja Seong ^b   Park, Jong Moo ^c   Bae, Hee Joon ^d   Han, Moon Ku ^d   Kang, Dong Wha ^e   Oh, Mi Sun ^f   Yu, Kyung Ho ^f   Lee, Byung Chul ^f   Lee, Ji Sung ^g   Cho, Yong Jin ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Hallym University   (South Korea)

^g Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Weekend admission; Weekend effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872249761     PISSN: 17386586     EISSN: 20055013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2012.8.4.265     Document Type: Article

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