Experience with a questionnaire administered by emergency medical service for pre-hospital identification of patients with acute stroke

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 357-361

  Camerlingo, M ^a   Casto, L ^a   Censori, B ^a   Ferraro, B ^a   Gazzaniga, G ^a   Partziguian, T ^a   Signore, M ^a   Panagia, C ^a   Fascendini, A ^a   Cesana, B M ^b   Mamoli, A ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emergency medicine; Referral; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LEG DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 18344363187     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720100065     Document Type: Article

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