White blood cell count is an independent predictor of outcomes after acute ischaemic stroke

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-222

  Furlan, J C ^a,b,c   Vergouwen, M D I ^d   Fang, J ^e   Silver, F L ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability; Impairment; Mortality; Stroke; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEPSIS; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

DISABILITY; IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; STROKE; WHITE BLOOD CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892479800     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12233     Document Type: Article

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