Trends in stroke sreatment and outcome between 1995 and 2010: Observations from riks-stroke, the swedish stroke register

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-29

  Appelros, Peter ^a   Jonsson, Fredrik ^b   Åsberg, Signild ^e   Asplund, Kjell ^b   Glader, Eva Lotta ^b   Åsberg, Kerstin Hulter ^c   Norrving, Bo ^d   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^b   Terént, Andreas ^e  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Enkoping Hospital   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Stroke registries; Stroke risk factors; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GROOMING; HOME CARE; HOME REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SWEDEN; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 84890534837     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356346     Document Type: Article

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