Cohort Study of Features Used by Experts to Diagnose Transient Ischemic Attack.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The diagnosis of transient ischemic attack (TIA) is largely dependent on a process of clinical decision-making that remains poorly characterized in the absence of a validated and accessible biomarker or imaging test. We performed a retrospective chart review to identify variables associated with a final neurologist diagnosis of TIA/stroke.

Methods

Records for all patients seen in The Ottawa Hospital's Stroke Prevention Clinic in 2015 were analyzed for patient and referral characteristics, features of the presenting neurological event, and final diagnosis by a stroke neurologist (classified as definite, possible, or definite not TIA/stroke). Multinomial logistic regression analysis with backward elimination was used to identify variables associated with

SUBMITTER: Fitzpatrick T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7495706 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature