Times from symptom onset to hospital arrival in the get with the guidelines-stroke program 2002 to 2009: Temporal trends and implications

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1912-1917

  Tong, David ^a,b   Reeves, Mathew J ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^d   Zhao, Xin ^d   Olson, Dai Wai M ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e   Schwamm, Lee H ^f   Smith, Eric E ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosciences   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ischemic stroke; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863319890     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.644963     Document Type: Article

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