Reducing time-to-unit among patients referred to an outpatient stroke assessment unit with a novel triage process: a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Maximilian B. Bibok (Author), Kristine Votova (Author), Robert F. Balshaw (Author), Mary L. Lesperance (Author), Nicole S. Croteau (Author), Anurag Trivedi (Author), Jaclyn Morrison (Author), Colin Sedgwick (Author), Andrew M. Penn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To evaluate the performance of a novel triage system for Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) units built upon an existent clinical prediction rule (CPR) to reduce time to unit arrival, relative to the time of symptom onset, for true TIA and minor stroke patients. Differentiating betw...