How to set up an Acute Stroke Service

• Main Authors: Grunwald, Iris Q. (Author), Fassbender, Klaus (Author), Wakhloo, Ajay K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Emergency Services.; Internal Medicine.

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability throughout the world. Intravenous lytics and endovascular stroke treatment were demonstrated to be highly beneficial in clinical trials and in achieving net cost savings. However, time is of the essence in the management of stroke as for every minute...