Stroke: Acute stroke receiving facilities and management

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Humpich, Marek ^a   Byhahn, Christian ^a   Fowler, Raymond L ^b   Labiche, Lise ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Prehospital treatment; Stroke; Telemedicine; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; DESMOTEPLASE; PLACEBO;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 68949187747     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32832e4566     Document Type: Review

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