Comparison of ABCD2 scoring between first healthcare-contact and stroke-specialist physicians for transient ischaemic attack in a rapid-access clinic
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Comparison of ABCD2 scoring between first healthcare-contact and stroke-specialist physicians for transient ischaemic attack in a rapid-access clinic.
SIR—The ABCD2 stroke risk scoring system based on clinical features found to be independently predictive of stroke following TIA is now in widespread use [1–4]. The Department of Health for England (DoH) aims for 60% of patients with ABCD2 scores of ≥4 at presentation to complete specialist assessment within 24 h of first healthcare-contact and those scoring <4 within 7 days [5]. A systematic r...
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OBJECTIVE This study had been designed to find the relative frequency of each of ischemic stroke`s risk factors and to evaluate the action of the first contact physician for transient ischemic attack (TIA) cases. METHODS This study is a cross sectional study that enrolled 100 randomly selected patients with clinical and radiological diagnosis of ischemic stroke, who had attended Al-Yarmouk Te...
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Correspondence to: Dr Chambers. How is cardiac stroke diagnosed? Approximately 20% of strokes are caused by cerebral haemorrhage and 80% by infarction.1 Of the infarctions, a proportion are thrombotic and the rest as a result of emboli either from artery to artery within the cerebral circulation or from the heart or aorta. The diagnosis of a cardiac source for emboli is based to some degree on ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr134