Barriers to the use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for in-hospital strokes

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 808-811

  Bunch, Marjorie E ^a   Nunziato, Edward C ^b   Labovitz, Daniel L ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatient; stroke; tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868365576     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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