Clinical predictive value of the ABCD2 score for early risk of stroke in patients who have had transient ischaemic attack and who present to an Australian tertiary hospital

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-138

  Sanders, Lauren M ^a,b   Srikanth, Velandai K ^a,b   Psihogios, Helen ^b   Wong, Kitty K ^a,b   Ramsay, David ^b   Phan, Thanh G ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 79951921283     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04196.x     Document Type: Article

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