The workload of stroke thrombolysis: A prospective study in a district general hospital setting

Acute Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-12

  Slaght, Seán J ^a   Weir, N U ^a   Lovett, J K ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Service planning; Stroke thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; WORKLOAD;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951593433     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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