Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Neurologic Emergencies Interest Group Response to the SAEM Board Position on Optimizing Care of the Stroke Patient [2] (multiple letters)

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 116-118

  Jauch, Edward ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^b,c   Adams, James G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Soc for Academic Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Academic Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0346727517     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.09.007     Document Type: Letter

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