Predictors of rapid brain imaging in acute stroke: Analysis of the get with the guidelines-stroke program

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1279-1284

  Kelly, Adam G ^a   Hellkamp, Anne S ^b   Olson, Daiwai ^b   Smith, Eric E ^c   Schwamm, Lee H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Quality improvement; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860216037     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.626374     Document Type: Article

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