Triage, treatment and transfer of patients with stroke in emergency department trial (the T3 Trial): A cluster randomised trial protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Middleton, Sandy ^a   Levi, Chris ^b,c   Dale, Simeon ^a   Cheung, N Wah ^d   McInnes, Elizabeth ^a   Considine, Julie ^e   D'Este, Catherine ^f   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^g,h   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^i,j   Gerraty, Richard ^g,k   Craig, Louise ^a   Schadewaldt, Verena ^a   McElduff, Patrick ^l   Fitzgerald, Mark ^g,m,n   Quinn, Clare ^o   Cadigan, Greg ^p   Denisenko, Sonia ^q   Longworth, Mark ^r   Ward, Jeanette ^j,s   May, Chris ^j   Grimley, Rohan ^j   Paolini, Richard ^j   Phillips, Rosemary ^j   Salema, Enna ^j   Pitkin, Janne ^j   Sheridan, Toni ^j   more..

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f The Australian National University   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^k EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^m ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^o PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^p Statewide Stroke Clinical Network   (Australia)

^q Victorian Stroke Clinical Network   (Australia)

^r New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Care bundle; Cluster randomised trial; Dysphagia; Fever; Hyperglycaemia; Implementation science; Nurse led; Stroke; Theoretical domains framework; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUEENSLAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992467389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0503-6     Document Type: Article

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