The quality of prehospital ischemic stroke care: Compliance with guidelines and impact on in-hospital stroke response

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2773-2779

  Oostema, John Adam ^a   Nasiri, Mojdeh ^a   Chassee, Todd ^a   Reeves, Mathew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services (EMS); Ischemic stroke; Outcomes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOOR TO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TIME; DOOR TO NEEDLE TIME; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PRENOTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STROKE PATIENT; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923222689     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.06.030     Document Type: Article

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