Using an MET service to manage an acute thromboembolic stroke

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Jones, Daryl ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^b   Leong, Tim ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 34250672280     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(06)32047-8     Document Type: Article

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