Management of acute poststroke blood pressure and detection of atrial fibrillation: A postal questionnaire of UK stroke physicians' current clinical practice

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 204-208

  O'Brien, R E ^a   Lees, K R ^a,b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Arrhythmia; Blood pressure; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868674527     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/smj.2012.012118     Document Type: Article

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