Clinical and Technological Approaches to the Prehospital Diagnosis of Large Vessel Occlusion

Stephen van Gaal; Andrew Demchuk

doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017947

Clinical and Technological Approaches to the Prehospital Diagnosis of Large Vessel Occlusion

Stroke. 2018 Apr;49(4):1036-1043. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017947. Epub 2018 Mar 14.

Authors

Stephen van Gaal¹, Andrew Demchuk²

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (S.v.G.); and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (A.D.). svangaal@gmail.com.
² From the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (S.v.G.); and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (A.D.).

PMID: 29540610
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017947

No abstract available

Keywords: ambulance diversion; brain ischemia; emergency medical services; emergency medical technicians; sensitivity and specificity; stroke; triage.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Brain Ischemia / diagnosis*
Brain Ischemia / surgery
Computed Tomography Angiography
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Eligibility Determination
Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Endovascular Procedures
Humans
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Point-of-Care Systems
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
Stroke / diagnosis*
Stroke / surgery
Telemedicine
Thrombectomy
Time-to-Treatment
Triage / methods
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial

Grants and funding

CIHR/Canada