Influence of direct admission to Comprehensive Stroke Centers on the outcome of acute stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1270-1276

  Pérez De La Ossa, Natalia ^a   Millán, Mónica ^a,b   Arenillas, Juan F ^c   Sánchez Ojanguren, Josep ^d   Palomeras, Ernest ^e   Dorado, Laura ^f   Guerrero, Cristina ^g   Dávalos, Antoni ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d Hospital Esperit Sant   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f Hospital Municipal de Badalona   (Spain)

^g Hospital Sant Jaume de Calella   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Emergency medical services; Medical care; Neurovascular networks; Stroke code; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECANALIZATION; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349128059     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5113-7     Document Type: Article

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