Case Scenarios to Assess Australian General Practitioners' Understanding of Stroke Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2681-2686

  Middleton, Sandy ^a   Sharpe, David ^b   Harris, John ^c   Corbett, Alastair ^b   Lusby, Robert ^c   Ward, Jeanette ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Practice guidelines; Referral and consultation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOLTER MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0242610005     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000096209.04460.BB     Document Type: Article

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