Delays before and after arrival at the hospital in the treatment of strokes;Retraso extrahospitalario e intrahospitalario en el tratamiento del ictus

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 531-536

  López Hernández, Nicolás ^a   Garcia Escriva A ^a   Sanchez Paya J ^a   Llorens Soriano, P ^a   Alvarez Sauco M ^a   Pampliega Perez A ^a   Gracia Fleta, F ^a   Carneado, J ^a   Molto Jorda J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Admission; Delayed hospitalisation; Delayed neuroimaging; Emergency department; Health care overload; Onset of stroke; Time factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644440700     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4009.2004552     Document Type: Article

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