Comparative evaluation of stroke triage algorithms for emergency medical dispatchers (MeDS): Prospective cohort study protocol

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Govindarajan, Prasanthi ^a   Ghilarducci, David ^b   McCulloch, Charles ^c   Pierog, Jessica ^d   Bloom, Evan ^a   Johnston, Claiborne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Medical Response   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CINCINNATI STROKE SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TRIAGE;

EID: 79251584340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-14     Document Type: Article

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