Population-based intervention to reduce prehospital delays in patients with cerebrovascular events

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1484-1490

  Müller Nordhorn, Jacqueline ^a   Wegscheider, Karl ^b   Nolte, Christian H ^a   Jungehülsing, Gerhard J ^a   Rossnagel, Karin ^a   Reich, Andreas ^a   Roll, Stephanie ^a   Villringer, Arno ^c   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349258329     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.232     Document Type: Article

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