Factors associated with the administration of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 724-731

  Kunisawa, Susumu ^a   Kobayashi, Daisuke ^a   Lee, Jason ^a   Otsubo, Tetsuya ^a   Ikai, Hiroshi ^a   Yokota, Chiaki ^b   Minematsu, Kazuo ^b   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

ambulances; health services accessibility; risk adjustment; Stroke; tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE PATIENT;

AMBULANCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84897533987     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.06.033     Document Type: Article

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