Positive predictive value of stroke identification by ambulance clinicians in North East England: a service evaluation
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DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208902
Abstract: Introduction/background Accurate prehospital identification of patients who had an acute stroke enables rapid conveyance to specialist units for time-dependent treatments such as thrombolysis and thrombectomy. Misidentification leads to patients who had a ‘stroke mimic’ (SM)… read more here.
Keywords: clinicians north; ambulance clinicians; service; stroke identification ... See more keywords