Relevance of prehospital stroke code activation for acute treatment measures in stroke care: A review

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-190

  Baldereschi, Marzia ^a   Piccardi, Benedetta ^b   Di Carlo, Antonio ^a   Lucente, Giuseppe ^h   Guidetti, Donata ^c   Consoli, Domenico ^d   Provinciali, Leandro ^e   Toni, Danilo ^f   Sacchetti, Maria Luisa ^f   Polizzi, Bianca Maria ^g   Inzitari, Domenico ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d G Jazzolino Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^h Stroke Programme   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute management of stroke; Acute stroke therapy; Prehospital delay; Prehospital management of stroke; Stroke code

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMBASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REVIEW; SCREENING; STROKE PATIENT; STUDY DESIGN; URBAN AREA;

CLINICAL CODING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84866513479     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341856     Document Type: Review

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