Emergency transfer of acute stroke patients within the East Saxony telemedicine stroke network: A descriptive analysis

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 160-165

  Kepplinger, Jessica ^a   Dzialowski, Imanuel ^a   Barlinn, Kristian ^a   Puetz, Volker ^a   Wojciechowski, Claudia ^a   Schneider, Hauke ^a   Gahn, Georg ^b   Back, Tobias ^c   Schackert, Gabriele ^a   Reichmann, Heinz ^a   von Kummer, Ruediger ^a   Bodechtel, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^c Saxon Hospital Arnsdorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergency transfer; Stroke; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE PATIENT; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EMERGENCY TRANSFER; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892715181     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12032     Document Type: Article

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