{"id":387,"date":"2017-03-26T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T13:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/tia\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"tia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/tia\/","title":{"rendered":"TIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Data gathering<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; residual neurology, LOC, confusion, seizures, &gt;1 episode<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; unilateral weakness, speech, vision, witness, duration<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; BP, CN, CVS (?AF), BMI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Clinical management<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>a group of symptoms which occur due to a temporary lack of blood supply to the brain &#8211; usually due to small clot blocking a blood vessel in the brain &#8211; it is considered a warning sign that you are at a higher risk of a stroke and heart attack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Refer\n<ul>\n<li>2 TIAs in one week &#8211; refer to hospital<\/li>\n<li>ABCD2 score of 4 &#8211; aspirin 300mg, TIA clinic within 24hr<\/li>\n<li>ABCD2 score of 3 &#8211; aspirin 300mg, TIA clinic within 1 week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Lifestyle &#8211; stop smoking, control BP, treat cholesterol, AF, weight loss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Safety net\/Followup &#8211; see again in 1 week, if happens again, call ambulance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; residual neurology, LOC, confusion, seizures, &gt;1 episode Others &#8211; unilateral weakness, speech, vision, witness, duration Examine &#8211; BP, CN, CVS (?AF), BMI &nbsp; Clinical management Explanation a group of symptoms which occur due to a temporary lack of blood supply to the brain &#8211; usually due to small clot blocking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/tia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TIA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":378,"menu_order":151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-387","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1937,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions\/1937"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}