Evaluation of a telephone advice system for remote intravenous thrombolysis in ischemic stroke data from a United Kingdom network

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 867-869

  Dutta, Dipankar ^a   Kendall, Jason ^b   Holmes, Clare ^c   Murphy, Peter ^c   Black, Toby ^d   Whiting, Robert ^e   Aujla, Kash ^f   Caine, Sarah ^c   Hellier, Kate ^a   Walters, David ^d  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Stroke; Telemedicine; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REMOTE INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; CARDIOLOGY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EVALUATION STUDY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TELEPHONE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOLOGY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929284784     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008190     Document Type: Article

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