Emergency stroke management: a new era

Nurs Clin North Am. 2002 Mar;37(1):35-57, vi. doi: 10.1016/s0029-6465(03)00081-1.

Abstract

This article discusses the recent advances and the current state of treatment of acute stroke. It outlines key components to ensure stroke victims receive emergent treatment in a coordinated and comprehensive healthcare delivery system.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Comprehensive Health Care / methods
  • Comprehensive Health Care / trends
  • Decision Trees
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Emergency Medical Services / trends
  • Emergency Treatment / methods*
  • Emergency Treatment / nursing
  • Emergency Treatment / trends
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / adverse effects
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Health Education
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Information Services
  • Internet
  • Patient Selection
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stroke / classification
  • Stroke / diagnosis*
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Stroke / therapy*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator