Development of smartphone application that aids stroke screening and identifying nearby acute stroke care hospitals

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-29

  Nam, Hyo Suk ^a   Heo, JoonNyung ^a   Kim, Jinkwon ^a   Kim, Young Dae ^a   Song, Tae Jin ^a   Park, Eunjeong ^b   Heo, Ji Hoe ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emergency delivery service; Smartphone; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; SCREENING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EMERGENCY DELIVERY SERVICE; SMARTPHONE; STROKE; THROMBOLYSIS;

CELLULAR PHONE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STROKE;

EID: 84890755911     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2014.55.1.25     Document Type: Article

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