Stroke
Subtitle: national clinical guideline for diagnosis and initial management of acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
By: National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions
Contributors: Royal College of Physicians of London
Series: NICE clinical guidelines -- no. 68; Clinical guideline (National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Great Britain)) -- no. 68.
Publisher: Royal College of Physicians
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781860163395
Subjects: Cerebrovascular disease; Stroke; Diagnosis; Therapy; Transient Ischemic Attack; Evidence-Based Medicine
Other titles: National clinical guideline for stroke.
Description: This guideline covers interventions in the acute stage of a stroke (acute stroke) or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). Most of the evidence considered relates to interventions in the first 48 hours after onset of symptoms, although some interventions of up to 2 weeks are covered as well. This guideline is a stand-alone document, but is designed to be read alongside the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party guideline National clinical guideline for stroke which considers evidence for interventions from the acute stage into rehabilitation and life after stroke. The Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party guideline is an update of the 2004 2nd edition and includes all the recommendations contained within this guideline. This acute stroke and TIA guideline is also designed to be read alongside the Department of Health's (DH) National stroke strategy' (NSS). Where there are differences between the recommendations made within this acute stroke and TIA guideline and the NSS, the Guideline Development Group (GDG) members feel that their recommendations are derived from systematic methodology to identify all of the relevant literature.
Notes: Title from PDF title page.

Includes bibliographical references.

The NCC-CC was commissioned by the NICE to undertake the work on this guideline.