Eligibility of stroke units in Poland for administration of intravenous thrombolysis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-224

  Czlonkowska A ^a,b   Sarzynska Dlugosz I ^a   Niewada, M ^a,b   Kobayashi, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Classification; Stroke unit; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; STROKE UNIT;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 33645317080     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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