Stroke center certification: Where are we in 2010?

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-43

  Derdeyn, Colin P ^a,b   Panagos, Peter D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CERTIFICATION; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE CENTER; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CERTIFICATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951622347     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2009.001891     Document Type: Short Survey

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