National survey of management of transient ischaemic attack in Australia: Take immediate action

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Price, Christopher J ^a   Blacker, David J ^b,c   Grimley, Rohan S ^d   Dewey, Helen M ^e   Gerraty, Richard P ^f   Koblar, Simon A ^g   Denisenko, Sonia M ^h   Storey, Catherine E ⁱ   Bladin, Christopher F ^f   Hill, Kelvin M ^j  

^a National Stroke Foundation Australia   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Sunshine Coast and Cooloola District Health Service   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^h Department of Human Services   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j Guidelines Program   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

EID: 69249248206     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02667.x     Document Type: Article

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