Organized Comprehensive Stroke Center is Associated with Reduced Mortality: Analysis of Consecutive Patients in a Single Hospital
Journal of StrokePublished 1 January 2013Open access
Dae‐Hyun Kim, Jae‐Kwan Cha, Hyojin Bae, Hyun‐Seok Park, Jae-Hyung Choi, Myung‐Jin Kang
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Patients treated after the establishment of a CSC had lower 30-mortality rates than ever before, even adjusting for the differences in the baseline characteristics, the present study reveals.
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Patients treated after the establishment of a CSC had lower 30-mortality rates than ever before, even adjusting for the differences in the baseline characteristics. The present study reveals that organized stroke care in a CSC might improve the outcome after AIS.
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