FAST-TIA: A prospective evaluation of a nurse-led anterior circulation TIA clinic

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1010, 2009, Pages 637-642

  Banerjee, Soma ^a   Natarajan, I ^b   Biram, R ^c   Sutton, K ^a   Ekeng, G ^a   Ames, D ^a   Chataway, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949331206     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.083162     Document Type: Article

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