Present state of stroke emergency in Japan

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Nakagawara, Jyoji ^a  

^a Nakamura Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

rt PA; Stroke data bank; Stroke emergency network; Stroke unit; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; JAPAN COMA SCALE; LAW; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; URBAN AREA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 76049114999     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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