CT and MR imaging in the acute ischemic stroke patient: A nursing perspective

Journal of Radiology Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 104-115

  Summers, Debbie ^a   Malloy, Rachel ^a  

^a Saint Luke's Brain and Stroke Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Ischemic stroke; MRI; Multimodal CT; Penumbra

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BLEEDING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; LARYNX EDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUTH EDEMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TONGUE EDEMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 80052426349     PISSN: 15460843     EISSN: 15559912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jradnu.2011.07.008     Document Type: Review

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