Delays in treating patients with good grade subarachnoid haemorrhage in London

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-248

  Lamb, Jonathan N ^a   Crocker, Matthew ^a   Tait, Matthew J ^a   Anthony Bell, B ^a   Papadopoulos, Marios C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute stroke; Aneurysm; coiling; collaborative care; subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79952169699     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.544787     Document Type: Article

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