Quality improvement in acute stroke
- 11 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 67 (1) , 88-93
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000223622.13641.6d
Abstract
Background: Many hospitals lack the infrastructure required to treat patients with acute stroke. The Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) published guidelines for the establishment of primary stroke centers.Keywords
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