Adherence to practice guidelines for transient ischemic attacks in an emergency department

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 358-363

  Chang, Eddie ^a,b   Holroyd, Brian R ^a,b   Kochanski, Peggy ^b   Kelly, Karen D ^d   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^b   Rowe, Brian H ^a,b,c,e  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Department of Public Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0036862043     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100002225     Document Type: Article

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