ABCD2 score and secondary stroke prevention: Meta-analysis and effect per 1,000 patients triaged

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-380

  Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,d   Brazzelli, Miriam ^b   Chappell, Francesca M ^a,d   Miranda, Hector ^c   Shuler, Kirsten ^a,d   Sandercock, Peter A G ^a,d   Dennis, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (Chile)

^d Scottish Imaging Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TRIAGE;

EID: 84946893848     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001780     Document Type: Review

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