title: TIAs - management in general practice.
abstract: From April 2005 to March 2010 in the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program, transient ischaemic attack (TIA) was managed in general practice at a rate of 2 per 1000 encounters, about 170,000 times per year nationally.
authors.affiliation: Australian GP Statistics & Classification Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058005:General Practitioners; D006538:Heptanoic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D020913:Perindopril / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011346:Prochlorperazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D006538:Heptanoic Acids; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D011758:Pyrroles; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014859:Warfarin; D004176:Dipyridamole; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin; D020913:Perindopril; D011346:Prochlorperazine