Prehosplital Delay after Acute Stroke in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 700-704

  Chang, Ku Chou ^a   Tseng, Mei Chiun ^b   Tan, Teng Yeow ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Stroke management; Stroke, acute; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1442323831     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000117236.90827.17     Document Type: Article

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