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Length of hospital stay is shorter in south Asian patients with transient ischaemic attack
Every year, 46 000 people in the United Kingdom (UK) suffer a de novo transient ischaemic attack (TIA) [1]. In 2012, 1 in 20 individuals who experienced a TIA progressed to suffering a stroke within seven days of the index TIA [2]. According to the literature, factors influencing the length of hospital stay (LOS) in TIA include age, female sex, known comorbidities (based on Charlson Comorbidities Index), patients that were transferred to another hospital, occurrence of an adverse event (urinary tract infection, Clostridium difficile), diagnosis of pneumonia, hemiplegia and paraplegia [3] and availability of urgent referral...
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - November 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ignatius Liew, Paul Carter, Jennifer Reynolds, Nicholas D. Gollop, Hardeep Uppal, Suresh Chandran, Rahul Potluri Source Type: research

Length of hospital stay is shorter in South Asian patients with transient ischemic attack
Every year, 46,000 people in the United Kingdom (UK) suffer a de novo transient ischemic attack (TIA) [1]. In 2012, 1 in 20 individuals who experienced a TIA progressed to suffering a stroke within seven days of the index TIA [2]. According to the literature, factors influencing the length of hospital stay (LOS) in TIA include age, female sex, known comorbidities (based on Charlson Comorbidities Index), patients that were transferred to another hospital, occurrence of an adverse event (urinary tract infection, Clostridium difficile), diagnosis of pneumonia, hemiplegia and paraplegia [3] and availability of urgent referral ...
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - November 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ignatius Liew, Paul Carter, Jennifer Reynolds, Nicholas D. Gollop, Hardeep Uppal, Suresh Chandran, Rahul Potluri Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research