Emergency calls in acute stroke

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1005-1009

  Handschu, René ^a   Poppe, Reinhard ^b   Rauß, Joachim ^b   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a   Erbguth, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Red Cross   (Germany)

^c City Hosp   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Education; Emergency medical services; Signs and symptoms; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RECORDING; SELF REPORT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; VERTIGO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0037384713     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000063366.98459.1F     Document Type: Article

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