TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient Ischemic Attack
T2 - Review for the Emergency Physician
AU - Shah, Kaushal H.
AU - Edlow, Jonathan A.
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - In the past few years, the approach to patients with transient ischemic attacks has undergone a transformation. To care for these patients, emergency physicians must understand these changes. They must be comfortable with the diagnosis and treatment of transient ischemic attacks in their emergency department. To this end, we ask and answer the following 6 important questions in this up-to-date review of transient ischemic attacks: (1) How is a transient ischemic attack defined? (2) Does this patient have a transient ischemic attack? (3) Once diagnosed, what diagnostic evaluation should be done (and when)? (4) What treatment should be instituted (and when)? (5) What is the correct disposition? and (6) What are the current medical guidelines?
AB - In the past few years, the approach to patients with transient ischemic attacks has undergone a transformation. To care for these patients, emergency physicians must understand these changes. They must be comfortable with the diagnosis and treatment of transient ischemic attacks in their emergency department. To this end, we ask and answer the following 6 important questions in this up-to-date review of transient ischemic attacks: (1) How is a transient ischemic attack defined? (2) Does this patient have a transient ischemic attack? (3) Once diagnosed, what diagnostic evaluation should be done (and when)? (4) What treatment should be instituted (and when)? (5) What is the correct disposition? and (6) What are the current medical guidelines?
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.12.025
DO - 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.12.025
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15111919
AN - SCOPUS:2342425118
SN - 0196-0644
VL - 43
SP - 592
EP - 604
JO - Annals of Emergency Medicine
JF - Annals of Emergency Medicine
IS - 5
ER -