TWO ACES: Transient ischemic attack work-up as outpatient assessment of clinical evaluation and safety

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1839-1843

  Olivot, Jean Marc ^a   Wolford, Connie ^a   Castle, James ^b   Mlynash, Michael ^a   Schwartz, Neil E ^a   Lansberg, Maarten G ^a   Kemp, Stephanie ^a   Albers, Gregory W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

attack; ischemic; transient; triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 79959967976     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.608380     Document Type: Article

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