Patient characteristics affecting stroke identification by emergency medical service providers in Brooklyn, New York

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 229-236

  Sharma, Mohit ^a   Helzner, Elizabeth ^b   Sinert, Richard ^c   Levine, Steven Richard ^c   Brandler, Ethan Samuel ^d  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency medical services; Prehospital; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959865209     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-015-1347-9     Document Type: Article

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