Delay between symptom onset and clinic attendance following TIA and minor stroke: the BEATS study
Author(s) -
Andrew Wilson,
Dawn Coleby,
N. Taub,
Claire Weston,
Thompson Robinson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft144
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , minor stroke , attendance , emergency department , stroke (engine) , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , cohort , medical record , pediatrics , triage , medical emergency , family medicine , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , stenosis , engineering , economics , economic growth
rapid specialist assessment of patients with transient ischaemic attack (TIA) reduces the risk of recurrent stroke. National guidelines advise that high-risk patients are assessed within 24 h and low-risk patients within 7 days.
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