Emergency medical service hospital prenotification is associated with improved evaluation and treatment of acute ischemic stroke

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 514-522

  Lin, Cheryl B ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Smith, Eric E ^c   Saver, Jeffrey L ^d   Liang, Li ^b   Xian, Ying ^b   Olson, Daiwai M ^b   Shah, Bimal R ^b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^b   Schwamm, Lee H ^e   Fonarow, Gregg C ^f  

^a Singapore Graduate Medical School   (Singapore)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine services; Hospitals; Registry; Stroke; Thrombolytics

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864584512     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965210     Document Type: Article

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