The usefulness of the Kurashiki Prehospital Stroke Scale in identifying thrombolytic candidates in acute ischemic stroke

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 410-416

  Jang, Jieun ^a   Chung, Sung Phil ^a   Park, Incheol ^a   You, Je Sung ^a,b   Lee, Hye Sun ^a   Park, Jong Woo ^c   Chung, Tae Nyoung ^d   Chung, Hyun Soo ^a   Lee, Hahn Shick ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Changwon Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

^d CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Prehospital emergency care; Stroke; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84894288224     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2014.55.2.410     Document Type: Article

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