Thrombolysis in Stroke: Still Not Ready for Community Hospital Use by Emergency Physicians

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-341

  McNamara, Robert M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 68649117131     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.504     Document Type: Editorial

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