Prehospital triage to primary stroke centers and rate of stroke thrombolysis

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1126-1132

  Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a   O'Neill, Kathleen ^b   Stein Spencer, Leslie ^c   Walter, James ^d   Alberts, Mark J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Chicago Fire Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREHOSPITAL TRIAGE; PRIMARY STROKE CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883747335     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.293     Document Type: Article

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