The emergency department: First line of defense in preventing secondary stroke

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-222

  Ovbiagele, Bruce ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Ischemic; Prevention; Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ANGIOPLASTY; ATHEROTHROMBOSIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 31544453926     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.07.035     Document Type: Article

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