Increased use of thrombolytic therapy and shortening of in-hospital delays following acute ischemic stroke: Experience on the establishment of a primary stroke center at a community hospital

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Sung, Sheng Feng ^a   Ong, Cheung Ter ^a   Wu, Chi Shun ^a   Hsu, Yung Chu ^a   Su, Yu Hsiang ^a  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Primary stroke center; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY STROKE CENTER; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 79551697501     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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