Time trends in patient characteristics treated on acute stroke-units: Results from the austrian stroke unit registry 2003-2011

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1070-1074

  Teuschl, Yvonne ^a   Brainin, Michael ^a,b   Matz, Karl ^a,b   Dachenhausen, Alexandra ^a   Ferrari, Julia ^c   Seyfang, Leonhard ^a   Lang, Wilfried ^c  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b General Hospital Tulln   (Austria)

^c KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

Registries; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; TIME; TREND STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRIA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876286783     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.676114     Document Type: Article

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