Missed opportunities for recognition of ischemic stroke in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 434-439

  Lever, Natasha M ^a   Nyström, Karin V ^a   Schindler, Joseph L ^b   Halliday, Janet ^b   Wira, Charles ^b   Funk, Marjorie ^c  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Missed diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIC GAIT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MISSED DIAGNOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ISCHEMIC STROKE; MISSED DIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GAIT ATAXIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883294903     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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