Characteristics and outcomes among patients transferred to a regional comprehensive stroke center for tertiary care

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3148-3153

  Ali, Syed F ^a   Singhal, Aneesh B ^a   Viswanathan, Anand ^a   Rost, Natalia S ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Stroke; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MORTALITY; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGISTRIES; STROKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888303525     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002493     Document Type: Article

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