Prospective validation of the ABCD2 score for patients in the emergency department with transient ischemic attack

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1137-1145

  Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Sharma, Mukul ^a   Sivilotti, Marco L A ^c,d   Sutherland, Jane ^b   Symington, Cheryl ^b   Worster, Andrew ^f   Émond, Marcel ^e   Stotts, Grant ^a   Jin, Albert Y ^d   Oczkowski, Weislaw J ^f   Sahlas, Demetrios J ^f   Murray, Heather E ^c   MacKey, Ariane ^g   Verreault, Steve ^g   Wells, George A ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; STATIN; WARFARIN;

ABCD2 SCORE; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 79960199282     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101668     Document Type: Article

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