A clinic investigation into prehospital and emergency department delays in acute stroke care

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 408-412

  Keskin, Özcan ^a   Kalemoǧlu, Murat ^a   Ulusoy, Rifat Eralp ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute stroke care; Emergency delay; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26644450957     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088114     Document Type: Article

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