Open AccessHigher Stroke Mortality on Weekends: Are All Strokes the Same?
Author(s) -
Roberto Manfredini,
Benedetta Boari,
Raffaella Salmi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.489898
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
To the Editor:In their interesting study, Saposnik et al1 reported that patients admitted to hospital for ischemic stroke on weekends had a higher stroke mortality than those admitted on weekdays (8.5% versus 7.4%, respectively). Very recently, Kostis et al2 reported a similar observation for patients admitted for myocardial infarction. In fact, mortality at 30 days was significantly higher for patients admitted on weekends …
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