Hospitalization after a transient ischemic attack is recommended to monitor, evaluate, and treat conditions promptly, as recovery strongly predicts a subsequent event.
TIAs are ominous and strongly predict subsequent events, warranting acute hospitalization for monitoring and prompt treatment.
Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are ominous and call for acute interventions, including hospitalization. TIAs are defined by complete resolution of an acute neurologic deficit, but any amount of recovery is probably the most important defining feature and, paradoxically, is strongly predictive of a subsequent event. Most patients should be hospitalized after a TIA, to provide an opportunity to monitor, thoroughly evaluate, and treat conditions promptly if indicated.
S. Claiborne Johnston (Mon,) conducted a review in Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Hospitalization was evaluated. Hospitalization after a transient ischemic attack is recommended to monitor, evaluate, and treat conditions promptly, as recovery strongly predicts a subsequent event.
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