Evaluation and management of transient ischemic attacks.
The risk for disabling stroke is greatest in the period immediately following a transient ischemic attack (TIA), thus, TIA is a medical emergency. A universities medical center's emergency department-based TIA evaluation and management program is presented as an example of the pragmatic enactment of current guidelines for TIA evaluation and management. A discussion of modifications that can be made for an outpatient setting evaluation and a review of the literature follow.
Lamonte
Marian P
MP
Department of Neurology and Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Room N4W46, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. mlamonte@umm.edu
D000368:Aged; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic