Extending acute trials to remote populations a pilot study during interhospital helicopter transfer

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 895-901

  Leira, Enrique C ^a,c   Ahmed, Azeemuddin ^a   Lamb, Diane L ^a   Olalde, Heena M ^a   Callison, R Charles ^a   Torner, James C ^b   Adams Jr , Harold P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Air ambulances; Clinical trials; Emergency medical services; Helicopter; Interhospital; Nonurban; Randomized controlled trials; Rural

Indexed keywords

RANITIDINE; ANTACID AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BELL PALSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEPHONE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR AMBULANCES; ANTACIDS; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; IOWA; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RANITIDINE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62449323770     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.530204     Document Type: Article

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