Standard operating procedures improve acute neurologic care in a sub-Saharan African setting
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- Received October 6, 2016
- Accepted in final form April 11, 2017
- First Published June 9, 2017.
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Author Disclosures
- Lamin E.S. Jaiteh, MD*,
- Stefan A. Helwig*,
- Abubacarr Jagne, MD,
- Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm, MD,
- Catherine Sarr, MD,
- Silke Walter, MD,
- Martin Lesmeister, Dipl-Phys,
- Matthias Manitz,
- Sebastian Blaß,
- Sarah Weis,
- Verena Schlund,
- Neneh Bah, MD,
- Jil Kauffmann,
- Mathias Fousse, MD,
- Sabina Kangankan, MD,
- Asmell Ramos Cabrera, MD,
- Kai Kronfeld, PhD,
- Christian Ruckes, Dipl-Math,
- Yang Liu, MD,
- Ousman Nyan, MD and
- Klaus Fassbender, MD
- Lamin E.S. Jaiteh, MD*,
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- Stefan A. Helwig*,
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- Abubacarr Jagne, MD,
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- Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm, MD,
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- Catherine Sarr, MD,
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- Silke Walter, MD,
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- Martin Lesmeister, Dipl-Phys,
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- Matthias Manitz,
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- Sebastian Blaß,
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- Sarah Weis,
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- Verena Schlund,
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- Neneh Bah, MD,
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- Jil Kauffmann,
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- Mathias Fousse, MD,
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- Sabina Kangankan, MD,
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- Asmell Ramos Cabrera, MD,
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- Kai Kronfeld, PhD,
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- Christian Ruckes, Dipl-Math,
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- Yang Liu, MD,
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- Ousman Nyan, MD and
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- Klaus Fassbender, MD
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Surgery (L.E.S.J., A.J., C.S., N.B., S.K., A.R.C., O.N.), Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, the Gambia; Department of Neurology (S.A.H., A.R.-S., S.W., M.L., M.M., S.B., S.W., V.S., J.K., M.F., Y.L., K.F.), Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg; and Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Trials (IZKS) (K.K., C.R.), Mainz, Germany.
- Correspondence to Prof. Fassbender: Klaus.Fassbender{at}uks.eu
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Letters: Rapid online correspondence
- Author response to Dr. Chin
- Klaus Fassbender, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, GermanyKlaus.Fassbender@uks.eu
- Stefan A. Helwig; Lamin E.S. Jaiteh, MD, Ousman Nyan, MD
Submitted September 20, 2017 - Neurologic emergency management in resource-challenged settings: Can standard operating procedures work and improve outcomes?
- Jerome H. Chin, Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Medical Centerchinj@asapp.org
Submitted July 06, 2017
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