Helicopter transport of stroke patients and its influence on thrombolysis rates: Data from the austrian stroke unit registry

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1295-1300

  Reiner Deitemyer, Veronika ^a   Teuschl, Yvonne ^a   Matz, Karl ^a   Reiter, Martina ^a   Eckhardt, Raoul ^a   Seyfang, Leonhard ^a   Tatschl, Claudia ^a   Brainin, Michael ^a  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

acute care; acute stroke; air ambulance; emergency medical service; prehospital time; stroke unit; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955427254     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.604710     Document Type: Article

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