Post-Transient Ischemic Attack Early Stroke Stratification: The ABCD2 Prognostic Aid

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a,e   Keim, Samuel M ^b,e   Crossley, John ^c,e   Perry, Jeffrey J ^d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical decision rules; EBM; evidence based medicine; prognosis; stroke; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 PROGNOSTIC AID; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA TIA RULE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 59649099683     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.034     Document Type: Article

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