Management of acute ischaemic stroke: New guidelines from the American Stroke Association and European Stroke Initiative

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 698-701

  Klijn, Catharina J M ^a   Hankey, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HEPARINOID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY BYPASS; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REHYDRATION; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142250766     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(03)00558-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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