Stroke unit care benefits Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3044-3049

  Langhorne, Peter ^a   Fearon, Patricia ^a   Ronning, Ole M ^b   Kaste, Markku ^c   Palomaki, Heikki ^c   Vemmos, Kostos ^d   Kalra, Lalit ^e   Indredavik, Bent ^f   Blomstrand, Christian ^g   Rodgers, Helen ^h   Dennis, Martin S ⁱ   Salman, Rustam Al Shahi ⁱ  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic; Meta analysis; Outcome; Stroke; Stroke units

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANKIN SCALE; STROKE UNIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HEMORRHAGIC; META-ANALYSIS; OUTCOME; STROKE; STROKE UNITS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRITICAL CARE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888302145     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001564     Document Type: Article

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