Stratified, urgent care for transient ischemic attack results in low stroke rates

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2601-2605

  Wasserman, Jason ^a,b   Perry, Jeff ^a,b   Dowlatshahi, Dar ^a,b   Stotts, Grant ^a,b   Stiell, Ian ^a,b   Sutherland, Jane ^a,b   Symington, Cheryl ^a,b   Sharma, Mukul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABCD2; ischemia; recurrent event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 78149328769     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.586842     Document Type: Article

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