Standard operating procedures improve acute neurologic care in a sub-Saharan African setting

Neurology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 144-152

  Jaiteh, Lamin E S ^a   Helwig, Stefan A ^b   Jagne, Abubacarr ^a   Ragoschke Schumm, Andreas ^b   Sarr, Catherine ^a   Walter, Silke ^b   Lesmeister, Martin ^b   Manitz, Matthias ^a   Blaß, Sebastian ^b   Weis, Sarah ^b   Schlund, Verena ^b   Bah, Neneh ^a   Kauffmann, Jil ^b   Fousse, Mathias ^b   Kangankan, Sabina ^a   Ramos Cabrera, Asmell ^a   Kronfeld, Kai ^c   Ruckes, Christian ^c   Liu, Yang ^b   Nyan, Ousman ^a   Fassbender, Klaus ^b   more..

^a Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Trials   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; GAMBIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RATE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STANDARD; STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; VITAL SIGN; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STROKE;

EID: 85023175799     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004080     Document Type: Article

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