Acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack management - Time to act fast:

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Crimmins, D S ^b   Levi, C R ^c   Gerraty, R P ^d,e   Beer, C D ^f   Hill, K M ^a  

^a National Stroke Foundation Australia   (Australia)

^b GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute management; Cerebrovascular disease; Clinical guidelines; Stroke; Transient ischaemic attack

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HEPARIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650911592     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01935.x     Document Type: Review

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