Off-hour effect on 3-month functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke: a prospective multicenter registry.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The time of hospital arrival may have an effect on prognosis of various vascular diseases. We examined whether off-hour admission would affect the 3-month functional outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients admitted to tertiary hospitals. METHODS: We analyzed the 'off-h...

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Main Authors: Chulho Kim, Min Uk Jang, Mi Sun Oh, Jong-Ho Park, San Jung, Ju-Hun Lee, Kyung-Ho Yu, Moon-Ku Han, Beom Joon Kim, Tai Hwan Park, Sang-Soon Park, Kyung Bok Lee, Jae Kwan Cha, Dae-Hyun Kim, Jun Lee, Sung-Hun Kim, Soo Joo Lee, Youngchai Ko, Jong-Moo Park, Kyusik Kang, Young-Jin Cho, Keun-Sik Hong, Ki-Hyun Cho, Joon-Tae Kim, Dong-Eog Kim, Jay Chol Choi, Myung Suk Jang, Hee-Joon Bae, Byung-Chul Lee, CRCS-5 investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4148337?pdf=render