Drip-and-ship thrombolytic treatment paradigm among acute ischemic stroke patients in the United States

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1971-1974

  Tekle, Wondwossen G ^a   Chaudhry, Saqib A ^a   Hassan, Ameer E ^a   Rodriguez, Gustavo J ^a   Suri, M Fareed K ^a   Qureshi, Adnan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

drip and ship; ischemic stroke; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DRIP AND SHIP THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; SELF CARE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863319191     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.657817     Document Type: Article

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