Telemedicine in prehospital stroke evaluation and thrombolysis taking stroke treatment to the doorstep

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 162-168

  Itrat, Ahmed ^a   Taqui, Ather ^a   Cerejo, Russell ^a   Briggs, Farren ^b   Cho, Sung Min ^a   Organek, Natalie ^a   Reimer, Andrew P ^a,c   Winners, Stacey ^a   Rasmussen, Peter ^a   Hussain, Muhammad S ^a   Uchino, Ken ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MOBILE STROKE TREATMENT UNIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84964770181     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.3849     Document Type: Article

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