European stroke facilities survey: The German and Austrian perspective

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-145

  Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a,g   Meckes Ferber, Stefanie ^b   Hacke, Werner ^c   Kaste, Markku ^d   Brainin, Michael ^e   Leys, Didier ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

European stroke initiative stroke facilities survey; Organized acute stroke care; Stroke units

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH THERAPY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAINING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WARD;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STROKE;

EID: 56749132285     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177922     Document Type: Article

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