Early transfer of stroke patients to comprehensive stroke centers: David and Goliath

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3752-3753

  Molina, Carlos A ^a   Selim, Magdy ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Stroke; Transfer

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE PATIENT; TELEMEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; MALE; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; STROKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84922480435     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006999     Document Type: Note

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