An assessment of the incremental value of the ABCD2 score in the emergency department evaluation of transient ischemic attack

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Stead, Latha G ^a   Suravaram, Smitha ^a   Bellolio, M Fernanda ^a   Enduri, Sailaja ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro ^a   Gilmore, Rachel M ^a   Bhagra, Anjali ^a   Manivannan, Veena ^a   Decker, Wyatt W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650516884     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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