Acute transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
Chinese Stroke Center Alliance: a national effort to improve healthcare quality for acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack: rationale, design and preliminary findings
... The CSCA is a national, hospital-based, voluntary, multifaceted intervention and continuous QI initia- tive and provides a unique platform to develop stroke centres and improve stroke care quality and clinical outcomes. ...
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Pragmatic trial of multifaceted intervention (STROKE-CARD care) to reduce cardiovascular risk and improve quality-of-life after ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack –study protocol
... cardiovascular events. Despite compelling evidence about the efficacy of secondary prevention, a substantial gap exists between risk factor management in real life and that recommended by international guidelines. ...
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Diagnosis of TIA (DOT) score – design and validation of a new clinical diagnostic tool for transient ischaemic attack
... an acute loss of focal cerebral or ocular function lasting < 24 h and presumed to be caused by embolic or thrombotic vascular disease while a stroke was diag- nosed if symptoms lasted > 24 h [16, ...
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Clinical and Imaging Features of Transient Ischaemic Attack and the Utility of ABCD2 Score.
... DWI also has an advantage in differentiating acute infarction from chronic lesions. One study estimated that the amount of error potentially imposed by the use of conventional MRI in identifying the clinically ...
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Transient ischaemic attack: a qualitative study of the long term consequences for patients
... the acute increased risk of is- chaemic stroke [4-6] and in the United Kingdom primary care guidelines stress the importance of initiating secondary prevention measures as soon as the diagnosis is confirmed ...the ...
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Transient ischaemic attack and ischaemic stroke: constructing episodes of care using hospital claims data
... for acute stroke care or for a known complication with a direct pathological link to acute TIA or ischae- mic stroke; “possibly” related when the diagnosis was a known stroke-related complication which may ...
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Protocol for an observation and implementation study investigating optimisation of the management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
... The National Sentinel Stroke Audit 8 is a useful tool for assessing current hospital stroke services across the country. However, this includes a small proportion of the total patients and cannot assess the whole care ...
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Etiologic subtype predicts outcome in mild stroke: prospective data from a hospital stroke registry
... decompensation, acute infection, and stroke etiology (LAA and CE) emerged as independent risk predictors for early deterioration in pa- tients with a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor ...
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The Third China National Stroke Registry (CNSR-III) for patients with acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: design, rationale and baseline patient characteristics
... Methods Between August 2015 and March 2018, the CNSR-III recruited consecutive patients with ischaemic stroke or TIA from 201 hospitals that cover 22 provinces and four municipalities in China. Clinical data were ...
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Focal subarachnoid haemorrhage mimicking transient ischaemic attack - do we really need MRI in the acute stage?
... The small number of cases acquired and the retrospect- ive design of our study limits general recommendations from our data and does not allow a statistically valuable sensitivity/specificity analysis, as in previously ...
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A randomised controlled trial of aerobic exercise after transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke to prevent cognitive decline: the MoveIT study protocol
... In patients with vascular diseases, con fl icting results have been found with regard to the association between physical activity and cognition. One cohort study found that physical activity was associated with better ...
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Antiplatelet therapy with aspirin, clopidogrel, and dipyridamole versus clopidogrel alone or aspirin and dipyridamole in patients with acute cerebral ischaemia (TARDIS): a randomised, open label, phase 3 superiority trial
... Methods We did an international, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial in adult participants with ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) within 48 h of ...
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Remote assessment of platelet function in patients with acute stroke or transient ischaemic attack
... after ischaemic stroke/TIA, as done in ...on acute and chronic antiplatelet therapy were assessed, and potential differences in antiplatelet effect were seen; again, this reflects real-world ...an ...
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Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) Knowledge in General Practice: a cross sectional study of Western Adelaide general practitioners
... Whilst respondents identified the lack of public know- ledge about TIA symptoms, they were also aware of their own knowledge deficits. The National Stroke Foun- dation developed the Clinical Guidelines for Acute ...
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Dual versus mono antiplatelet therapy for acute non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... Two independent authors (YY and MZ) selected all studies. Inclusion criteria for the studies were: (1) RCT in design; (2) dual versus mono antiplatelet therapy was assessed in adult patients (≥18 years) with ...
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RApid Primary care Initiation of Drug treatment for Transient Ischaemic Attack (RAPID−TIA): study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
... High-risk patients are still not being seen quickly enough. A third of centres admit high-risk TIA in order to access specialist assessment, although we know that TIA patients generally sit outside of the acute ...
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Braden scale for assessing pneumonia after acute ischaemic stroke
... or transient ischaemic attack his- tory, history of smoking and drinking, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dysphagia and the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score), physical examin- ...
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Cardiac rehabilitation adapted to transient ischaemic attack and stroke (CRAFTS): a randomised controlled trial
... both acute and chronic disease, and there is increasing evidence that those affected by stroke can benefit to a very significant extent from organised stroke care throughout the course of the ...
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The clinical and cost effectiveness of computed tomography in the management of transient ischaemic attack and stroke
... The International Stroke Trial Collaborative Group has recently published the results of a major, randomised trial of up to 14 days of antithrombotic therapy (aspirin and/or heparin) started as soon as possible after an ...
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Mixed methods feasibility study for a trial of blood pressure telemonitoring for people who have had stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
... Keywords: Hypertension, Stroke, Transient Ischaemic Attack, General Practice, Home monitoring, Telemonitoring, Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial, Qualitative Research.. Background Ageing[r] ...
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