Emergency Calls in Acute Stroke
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Emergency calls in acute stroke.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In the last 10 years, stroke has become a medical emergency. Subsequently, early recognition of stroke symptoms and rapid activation of the medical system are essential. We sought to investigate what witnesses or victims of an acute stroke syndrome recognize and report in the actual situation. METHODS We analyzed the recordings of all patients admitted to our stroke uni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000063366.98459.1f