Acute stroke teams results of a national survey

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2318-2320

  Alberts, Mark J ^a   Chaturvedi, Seemant ^b   Graham, Glenn ^c   Hughes, Richard L ^d   Jamieson, Dara G ^e   Krakowski, Frank ^f   Raps, Eric ^g   Scott, Phillip ^h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Excerpta Medica   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Stroke management; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031728887     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.11.2318     Document Type: Article

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