The association between prehospital care and in-hospital treatment decisions in acute stroke: A cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-99

  Sheppard, James P ^a,b   Mellor, Ruth M ^a   Greenfield, Sheila ^a   Mant, Jonathan ^c   Quinn, Tom ^d   Sandler, David ^e   Sims, Don ^e   Singh, Satinder ^a   Ward, Matthew ^f   McManus, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921566212     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203026     Document Type: Article

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