Anemia is associated with poor outcomes in patients with less severe ischemic stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-278

  Sico, Jason J ^a,b   Concato, John ^a,b,c   Wells, Carolyn K ^a,b   Lo, Albert C ^a,c,d   Nadeau, Steven E ^e,f   Williams, Linda S ^e,g   Peixoto, Aldo J ^a,b   Gorman, Mark ^h   Boice, John L ⁱ   Bravata, Dawn M ^e,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; in hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875169610     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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