Time delays in accessing stroke care in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 218-223

  Morris, Dexter L ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^b   Hinn, Albert R ^a   Gorton, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; CT scans; Delay in care; Emergency medical services; Rapid care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STROKE; TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0033046037     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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