The 'hype' in hyper-acute stroke [6]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-

  Dudley, Nigel ^a   Blacktop, Jonathan ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY CARE; FACE VALIDITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THROMBOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41249086237     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm199     Document Type: Letter

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