Knowledge of TIA among general practitioners and emergency department physicians. A questionnaire survey in a French semi-rural area

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1457-1463

  Massengo, Serge A ^a   Cisse, M ^a   Guiziou, C ^a   Leray, E ^b   Rajabally, Yusuf A ^c   Edan, G ^d  

^a Centre Hospitalier Pierre Le Damany   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency department physicians; General practitioners; Knowledge; Management; Non neurologists; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIANS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT; NON NEUROLOGISTS; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880330041     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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