Impact of acute stroke team emergency calls on in-hospital delays in acute stroke care

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 831-834

  Hamidon, B B ^a   Dewey, H M ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stroke team; In hospital delays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TEAMWORK; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447620834     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.03.029     Document Type: Article

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