Extending Acute Trials to Remote Populations
Author(s) -
Enrique C. Leira,
Azeemuddin Ahmed,
Diane L. Lamb,
Heena Olalde,
R. Charles Callison,
James C. Torner,
Harold P. Adams
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.530204
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , emergency department , informed consent , emergency medicine , randomized controlled trial , clinical trial , acute stroke , intervention (counseling) , medical emergency , physical therapy , surgery , alternative medicine , nursing , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering
Methods to increase recruitment into acute stroke trials are needed. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the safety and acceptability of initiating acute stroke trials during early helicopter evacuation and to test an intervention to facilitate informed consent.
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