[Clinical diagnosis of cerebral ischemic accidents].
The diagnosis of stroke is relatively easy in the elderly. However, this is not the case for transient ischemic attacks or when misleading or unusual symptoms are present. Clinical examination remain an essential step: being fast, inexpensive and always possible by the family doctor, it permits to decide quickly how to handle the patient and to estimate the localization and the mechanism of the vascular lesion, which is necessary in order to guide and interpret complementary examinations. Given the now available treatments, it seems essential to inform the public on the cerebral vascular signs and symptoms. Indeed, recognition of transient ischemic attacks and hospital admission delays for strokes have to be improved.
Service de neurologie Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes.
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Pinel
D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D012307:Risk Factors
Diagnostic clinique des accidents ischémiques cérébraux.