Transcranial ultrasound from diagnosis to early stroke treatment: 1. Feasibility of prehospital cerebrovascular assessment

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 659-663

  Hölscher, Thilo ^a,d   Schlachetzki, Felix ^b   Zimmermann, Markus ^b   Jakob, Wolfgang ^b   Ittner, Karl Peter ^b   Haslberger, Johann ^c   Bogdahn, Ulrich ^b   Boy, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c HDM Air Rescue Inc   (Germany)

^d UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance vehicle; Emergency helicopter; Prehospital vascular assessment; Ultrasound, transcranial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TEMPORAL BONE; ULTRASOUND;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SEIZURES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 55149108724     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000166844     Document Type: Article

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