Prehospital notification by emergency medical services reduces delays in stroke evaluation: Findings from the North Carolina stroke care collaborative

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2263-2268

  Patel, Mehul D ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^a   Obrien, Emily C ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute stroke; emergency medical services; in hospital delay time

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN HOSPITAL DELAY TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROIMAGING; PREHOSPITAL NOTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961209117     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.605857     Document Type: Article

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