External validation of the DRAGON score in an elderly spanish population: Prediction of stroke prognosis after IV thrombolysis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-114

  Giralt Steinhauer, Eva ^a   Rodríguez Campello, Ana ^b   Cuadrado Godia, Elisa ^b   Ois, Ángel ^b   Jiménez Conde, Jordi ^b   Soriano Tárraga, Carolina ^b   Roquer, Jaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

DRAGON score; Intravenous thrombolysis; Stroke prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAGON SCORE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STROKE PATIENT; TIME TO TREATMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84885580224     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000352061     Document Type: Article

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