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. 2009 Jun;9(3):236-8.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-3-236.

An urgent access neurovascular clinic: audit of timeliness

Dennis Briley  1 , Chris Durkin, Tom Meagher
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An urgent access neurovascular clinic: audit of timeliness

Dennis Briley et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2009 Jun.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate timeliness of an outpatient urgent access neurovascular clinic in a district general hospital setting through an audit of delay from event to completion of evaluation following transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke. Participants included those referred for evaluation of suspected TIA or minor stroke. The median delay from event to completion was 16 days, with 45% seen within two weeks of symptom onset, and 15% within one week of symptom onset. A weekly TIA clinic is not capable of achieving the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke recommendation for evaluation within one week of symptoms. This audit supports the National Stroke Strategy recommendation for immediate evaluation of patients presenting with a recent TIA or minor stroke.

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Percentage of patients seen within the one- and two-week guideline for evaluation of recent transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke.
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Comment in

  • An urgent access neurovascular clinic.
    Dholakia S, Shalhoub J, Ellis M, Davies AH. Dholakia S, et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2009 Dec;9(6):631; author reply 632. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-6-631. Clin Med (Lond). 2009. PMID: 20095319 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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