Recommendations of the European Stroke Initiative (EUSI) for treatment of ischemic stroke. Part 1: Organization and acute therapy;Empfehlungen der European Stroke Initiative (EUSI) zur behandlung des ischämischen schlaganfalls - Aktualisierung 2003. Teil 1: Organisation und akutbehandlung

Nervenarzt

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 368-379

  Kulkens S ^a   Ringleb, P A ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CLONIDINE; DIHYDRALAZINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LABETALOL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROPRANOLOL; URAPIDIL;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRITICAL CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 3042639907     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-003-1668-1     Document Type: Article

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