Influence of Distance to Scene on Time to Thrombolysis in a Specialized Stroke Ambulance

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2136-2140

  Koch, Peter M ^a   Kunz, Alexander ^a,b   Ebinger, Martin ^a,b   Geisler, Frederik ^a   Rozanski, Michal ^a,b   Waldschmidt, Carolin ^a   Weber, Joachim E ^a   Wendt, Matthias ^a   Winter, Benjamin ^a   Zieschang, Katja ^a,b   Bollweg, Kerstin ^b,d   Kaczmarek, Sabina ^c   Endres, Matthias ^a,b,d   Audebert, Heinrich J ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Center for Stroke Research Berlin   (Germany)

^c Berlin Fire Brigade   (Germany)

^d BERLIN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

algorithms; Berlin; pre hospital thrombolysis; probability; safety; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPECIALIZED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EQUIPPED STROKE AMBULANCE; TIME; TRAVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMBULANCES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84975472902     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013057     Document Type: Article

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