Diagnosis and treatment of patients with stroke in a mobile stroke unit versus in hospital: a randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Only 2-5% of patients who have a stroke receive thrombolytic treatment, mainly because of delay in reaching the hospital. We aimed to assess the efficacy of a new approach of diagnosis and treatment starting at the emergency site, rather than after hospital arrival, in reducing delay in...

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Main Authors: Walter, S, Kostopoulos, P, Haass, A, Keller, I, Lesmeister, M, Schlechtriemen, T, Roth, C, Papanagiotou, P, Grunwald, I, Schumacher, H, Helwig, S, Viera, J, Körner, H, Alexandrou, M, Yilmaz, U, Ziegler, K, Schmidt, K, Dabew, R, Kubulus, D, Liu, Y, Volk, T, Kronfeld, K, Ruckes, C, Bertsch, T, Reith, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012