TY - T1 - Prehospital pathways of occipital stroke patients with mainly visual symptoms SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/303646 T3 - A1 - Räty, Silja; Silvennoinen, K.; Tatlisumak, T. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - ObjectivesOccipital ischemic strokes typically cause homonymous visual field defects, for which means of rehabilitation are limited. Intravenous thrombolysis is increasingly and successfully used for their acute treatment. However, recognition of strokes presenting with mainly visual field defects is challenging for both patients and healthcare professionals. We studied prehospital pathways of occipital stroke patients with mainly visual symptoms to define obstacles in their early recognition. M... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 3112 Neurosciences; 3124 Neurology and psychiatry; cerebrovascular diseases; emergency care; strokes; thrombolysis; visual field defect; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE; ISOLATED HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; IN-HOSPITAL DELAY; INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS; EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT; TIME; ADMISSION; CARE; MULTICENTER N1 - PP - ER -