Factors Associated With the Decision to Hospitalize Patients After Transient Ischemic Attack Before Publication of Prediction Rules | Zendy

S. Andrew Josephson | Zendy; Stephen Sidney | Zendy; Trinh N. Pham | Zendy; Allan Bernstein | Zendy; S. Claiborne Johnston | Zendy

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Factors Associated With the Decision to Hospitalize Patients After Transient Ischemic Attack Before Publication of Prediction Rules

Author(s) -

S. Andrew Josephson,

Stephen Sidney,

Trinh N. Pham,

Allan Bernstein,

S. Claiborne Johnston

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.491316

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , atrial fibrillation , logistic regression , emergency department , emergency medicine , cohort , framingham risk score , univariate analysis , risk assessment , proportional hazards model , physical therapy , multivariate analysis , disease , mechanical engineering , computer security , psychiatry , computer science , engineering

One important criterion for hospitalizing patients after transient ischemic attack (TIA) is the short-term risk of stroke. Before publication of prediction rules for stroke after TIA, physician judgment was required to make a decision about hospitalization. We sought to identify factors associated with the decision to admit patients with TIA from the emergency department (ED) and to see whether those at highest risk of stroke were selected for admission.

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