Which stroke symptoms prompt a 911 call? A population-based study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 607-612

  Kleindorfer, Dawn ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Moomaw, Charles J ^a   Alwell, Kathleen ^a   Woo, Daniel ^a   Flaherty, Matthew L ^a   Adeoye, Opeolu ^a   Zakaria, Tarek ^b   Broderick, Joseph P ^a   Kissela, Brett M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; COORDINATION DISORDER; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953316133     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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