Paramedic Initiated Lisinopril for Acute Stroke Treatment (PIL-FAST): Results from the pilot randomised controlled trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 994-999

  Shaw, Lisa ^a   Price, Christopher ^a,b   McLure, Sally ^c   Howel, Denise ^a   McColl, Elaine ^a   Younger, Paul ^c   Ford, Gary A ^a,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Bernicia House   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISINOPRIL; PLACEBO; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE PATIENT; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; COMPLICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LISINOPRIL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84912028897     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202536     Document Type: Article

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