Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke: A New York city emergency medicine perspective

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-408

  Chan, Yu Feng ^a,b,c   Kwiatkowski, Thomas G ^b   Rella, Joseph G ^a   Rennie, William P ^b   Kwon, Robert K ^a   Silverman, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Emergency medicine; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 27144447050     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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