Patients with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke should be admitted to hospital

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1137-1138

  Hill, Michael D ^a   Gladstone, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645823643     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000209255.66933.3b     Document Type: Short Survey

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