Bringing the hospital to the patient: first treatment of stroke patients at the emergency site.

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 U...

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Main Authors: Walter, S, Kostpopoulos, P, Haass, A, Helwig, S, Keller, I, Licina, T, Schlechtriemen, T, Roth, C, Papanagiotou, P, Zimmer, A, Viera, J, Vierra, J, Korner, H, Schmidt, K, Romann, MS, Alexandrou, M, Yilmaz, U, Grunwald, I, Kubulus, D, Lesmeister, M, Ziegeler, S, Pattar, A, Golinski, M, Liu, Y, Volk, T, Bertsch, T, Reith, W, Fassbender, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2010

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