The NIH Stroke Scale is unreliable in untrained hands

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-46

  André, Charles ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Health education; Stroke, acute; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG INDICATION; ERROR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036310411     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jscd.2002.123974     Document Type: Article

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