Australian Clinical Guidelines for Acute Stroke Management 2007. Acute stroke guidelines writing subgroup on behalf of the national stroke foundation clinical guidelines for acute stroke management expert working group

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-129

  Hill, Kelvin ^a  

^a National Stroke Foundation Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 42449118055     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2008.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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