Clinical Prediction Rules to Stratify Short-Term Risk of Stroke Among Patients Diagnosed in the Emergency Department With a Transient Ischemic Attack

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Shah, Kaushal H ^a   Metz, Hallie A ^b   Edlow, Jonathan A ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DATA BASE; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 64549160305     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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