Delay in patients suspected of transient ischaemic attack: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Suspected transient ischaemic attack (TIA) necessitates an urgent neurological consultation and a rapid start of antiplatelet therapy to reduce the risk of early ischaemic stroke following a TIA. Guidelines for general practitioners (GPs) emphasise the urgency to install preventive treatment as soon as possible. We aimed to give a contemporary overview of both patient and physician delay.

Methods

A survey at two rapid-access TIA outpatient clinics in Utrecht, the Netherlands. All patients suspected of TIA were interviewed to assess time delay to diagnosis and treatment, including the time from symptom onset to (1) the first contact with a medical service (patient delay), (2) consultation of the GP and (3) assessment at the TIA outpatient clinic. We used the diagno

SUBMITTER: Dolmans LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398704 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature