Evaluation of transient ischemic attack in an emergency department observation unit

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-208

  Stead, Latha G ^a   Bellolio, M Fernanda ^a   Suravaram, Smitha ^a   Brown Jr , Robert D ^a   Bhagra, Anjali ^a   Gilmore, Rachel M ^a   Boie, Eric T ^a   Decker, Wyatt W ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; Observation unit; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION UNIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 66249101167     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9146-z     Document Type: Article

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