PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pippa Tyrrell
AU  - Sharon Swain
AU  - Anthony Rudd
TI  - Diagnosis and initial management of transient ischaemic attack
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-2-164
DP  - 2010 Apr 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 164--167
VI  - 10
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/10/2/164.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/10/2/164.full
SO  - Clin Med2010 Apr 01; 10
AB  - Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is the sudden onset of focal neurological dysfunction of presumed vascular origin that, by definition, resolves within 24 hours (usually much sooner). Its importance as a predictor of completed stroke has only recently been recognised. Updated guidance on the recognition and management of TIA has recently been published as part of the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke.1 This is a concise version of the TIA component of the full guideline that recommends an urgent response to TIA to prevent subsequent stroke.