April 12, 2006Academic Emergency MedicineOpen Access

National Study on Emergency Department Visits for Transient Ischemic Attack, 1992–2001

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Population

U.S. emergency department visits for transient ischemic attack between 1992 and 2001.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

JEJonathan A. EdlowBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center SKSunghye KimAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist APAndrea PelletierBrigham and Women's Hospital

Discussion

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Implication

ED TIA visits show low medication use; leaves open whether guideline concordance has improved since 2001.

Structured PICO

Population

U.S. emergency department visits for transient ischemic attack (TIA, ICD-9 code 435) between 1992 and 2001 (n=769 cases, representing 2,969,000 ED visits).

Outcome

Rates of ED visits for TIA, antiplatelet medication use, neuroimaging, and hospitalization

Between 1992 and 2001, U.S. ED visits and admission rates for TIA remained stable, but antiplatelet medications were underutilized and discordant with published guidelines.

Limitations

Too few data points existed to measure a statistically valid trend over time for medication use

Cite This Study

Edlow et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7271cbce524a4339c57006 https://doi.org/10.1197/j.aem.2006.01.014

Topics

Dual antiplatelet therapy

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National Study on Emergency Department Visits for Transient Ischemic Attack, 1992–2001

Discussion

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Structured PICO

Limitations

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National Study on Emergency Department Visits for Transient Ischemic Attack, 1992–2001

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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