Knowledge of signs, treatment and need for urgent management in patients presenting with an acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: A prospective study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 735-739

  Stead, Latha G ^a   Vaidyanathan, L ^a   Bellolio, M F ^a   Kashyap, R ^a   Bhagra, A ^a   Gilmore, R M ^a   Decker, W W ^a   Enduri, S ^a   Suravaram, S ^a   Mishra, S ^a   Nash, D ^a   Wood, H M ^a   Yassa, A S ^a   Hoff, A M ^a   Brown, R D ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 56249087972     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.058206     Document Type: Article

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