Multimodal strategy in the successful implementation of a stroke unit in a community hospital

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 390-395

  Etgen, T ^a,b   Freudenberger, T ^a   Schwahn, M ^a   Rieder, G ^a   Sander, D ^b,c  

^a Klinikum Traunstein   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Medical Park Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community hospital; Stroke; Stroke unit; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; STROKE UNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954466215     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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