RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diagnosis and initial management of transient ischaemic attack
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 164
OP 167
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-2-164
VO 10
IS 2
A1 Pippa Tyrrell
A1 Sharon Swain
A1 Anthony Rudd
YR 2010
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/10/2/164.abstract
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.