Validating the ABCD2 Score for predicting stroke risk after transient ischemic attack in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-48

  Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Lin, Wan Ping ^a   Chung, Wan Ling ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71649103005     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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