Impact of emergency department transitions of care on thrombolytic use in acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1067-1074

  Madej Fermo, Olga P ^a   Staff, Ilene ^b   Fortunato, Gil ^b   Abbott, Lincoln ^b   McCullough, Louise D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

delivery of care; ischemic stroke; outcome; shift change; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BUSYNESS INDEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED BARTHEL INDEX; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859433948     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.643437     Document Type: Review

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