Bringing the Hospital to the Patient: First Treatment of Stroke Patients at the Emergency Site

BACKGROUND: Early treatment with rt-PA is critical for favorable outcome of acute stroke. However, only a very small proportion of stroke patients receive this treatment, as most arrive at hospital too late to be eligible for rt-PA therapy. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We developed a “Mobile Stroke Unit”,...

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Autores principales: Walter, Silke, Kostpopoulos, Panagiotis, Haass, Anton, Helwig, Stefan, Keller, Isabel, Licina, Tamara, Schlechtriemen, Thomas, Roth, Christian, Papanagiotou, Panagiotis, Zimmer, Anna, Vierra, Julio, Körner, Heiko, Schmidt, Kathrin, Romann, Marie-Sophie, Alexandrou, Maria, Yilmaz, Umut, Grunwald, Iris, Kubulus, Darius, Lesmeister, Martin, Ziegeler, Stephan, Pattar, Alexander, Golinski, Martin, Liu, Yang, Volk, Thomas, Bertsch, Thomas, Reith, Wolfgang, Fassbender, Klaus
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013758

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013758

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