Organisation of inhospital acute stroke care and minimum criteria for stroke care units. Recommendations of the Belgian Stroke Council

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-251

  Thijs, Vincent ^a   Peeters, A ^b   Dewindt, A ^c   Hemelsoet, D ^d   De Klippel, N ^e   Laloux, P ^f   Redondo, P ^g   Cras, P ^e   De Deyn, P P ^e   Desfontaines, Ph ^h   Brouns, R ⁱ   De Raedt, S ⁱ   Van Landegem, W ^j   Vandermeeren, Y ^f   Vanhooren, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Saint Philibert GHICL   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Dienst Neurologie AZ Virga Jesse Hasselt ^*  (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^g Service de Neurologie CHU Tivoli La Louvière

^h Service de Neurologie Centre Hopitalier Chrétien Liège   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^j SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Endarterectomy; Imaging of stroke complications of stroke; Organized stroke care; Stroke; Stroke units; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BELGIUM; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VEIN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUID BALANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING CARE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URINARY CATHETER;

EID: 75149173359     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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