Open AccessHospital-Based Stroke Diagnoses Among the Oldest Old in the United States
Author(s) -
Bruce Ovbiagele
Publication year - 2010
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.110.587816
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , acute stroke , medical diagnosis , pediatrics , intracerebral hemorrhage , subarachnoid hemorrhage , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
Continued surveillance of stroke trends among the very elderly is needed to determine how best to mitigate the likely rise with time in the proportion of strokes in this relatively understudied age group. This study assessed recent time trends in the proportion of hospitalized patients with stroke who are very elderly.
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