Pre-hospital delay in the use of intravenous rt-PA for acute ischemic stroke in Japan

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Inatomi, Yuichiro ^a   Yonehara, Toshiro ^a   Hashimoto, Yoichiro ^b   Hirano, Teruyuki ^c   Uchino, Makoto ^c  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Emergency medical service; rt PA; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649149553     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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