Browse by author
Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Richard Thomson
Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.
This study compares two methods to establish stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) practice-based registers, which are of particular relevance to practices with limited diagnostic coding. Both arms involved a notes review of all patients taking antiplatelets or anticoagulants, and, either a further notes review of all patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) or diabetes (extensive arm), or asking about a history of stroke or TIA during IHD or diabetic clinics (pragmatic arm). The extensive arm involved searching 11% of the practice notes, whereas the pragmatic arm only involved 3% and had almost as high a yield. This study suggests that the pragmatic method could be used to help build practice-based stroke and TIA registers.
Author(s): Willoughby B, Thomson R, Chopra R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of General Practice
Year: 2004
Volume: 54
Issue: 499
Pages: 127-129
Print publication date: 01/02/2004
ISSN (print): 0960-1643
ISSN (electronic): 1478-5242
Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
PubMed id: 14965393
