An alternative facility for a stroke unit in a community hospital

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 505-508

  Bergman, Michael ^a,b   Ori, Yaacov ^a,b   Blumberger, Naava ^a,b   Salman, Hertzel ^a,b  

^a HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Department of internal medicine; Stroke; Stroke unit; Thrombolysis; tPA

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE UNIT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 80053031328     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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