The mobile stroke unit and management of acute stroke in rural settings

KEY POINTS In patients with suspected acute stroke, immediate brain imaging, most frequently with computed tomography (CT), is essential to distinguish between an ischemic lesion and a hemorrhage.[1][1] In ischemic stroke, timely treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator or

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Canadian Medical Association Journal

• Publication date

  2018-07-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1503/cmaj.170999PMID 30012801PMCID PMC6050120
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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