Factors influencing emergency delays in acute stroke management

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 27-28, 2009, Pages 393-399

  Sekoranja, Lučka ^a   Griesser, Anne Claude ^a   Wagner, Ghislaine ^a   Njamnshi, Alfred K ^a   Temperli, Philippe ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Grandjean, Raphael ^a   Niquillee, Marc ^a   Vermeulen, Bernard ^a   Rutschmann, Olivier T ^a   Sarasin, François ^a   Sztajzel, Roman ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Neurology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute care; Acute stroke; Stroke delays; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 67650490978     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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