Role of a critical pathway for door-to-CT-completion interval in the management of acute ischemic stroke patients in the emergency room

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-250

  Suzuki, Masaru ^a,b   Imai, Akira ^a   Honda, Masanori ^a   Kobayashi, Kenji ^a   Ohtsuka, Shujiro ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI UTSUNOMIYA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Computed tomography; Critical pathway; Emergency care; Quality indicator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12344332260     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.53.247     Document Type: Article

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