Inpatient Management of Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack

Lauren Patrick; Cathra Halabi

doi:10.1016/j.ncl.2021.08.003

Inpatient Management of Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack

Neurol Clin. 2022 Feb;40(1):33-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.08.003.

Authors

Lauren Patrick¹, Cathra Halabi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Division of Neurovascular, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-830, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Weill Institute for Neuroscience, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Division of Neurovascular, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-830, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Weill Institute for Neuroscience, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: cathra.halabi@ucsf.edu.

PMID: 34798973
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.08.003

Abstract

This article focuses on the inpatient evaluation and management of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). We describe foundational principles including quality metrics, TIA, and stroke as emergencies, TIA/minor stroke management, and standard assessments before discussing tailored evaluation and management strategies by stroke type.

Keywords: Acute ischemic stroke; Antithrombotics; Quality metrics; Transient ischemic attack.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Inpatients
Ischemic Attack, Transient* / diagnosis
Ischemic Attack, Transient* / therapy
Ischemic Stroke*
Stroke* / therapy