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ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2004

Validation of a method to establish practice-based stroke and TIA registers.

Bruce Willoughby, Richard Thomson, Rakesh Chopra

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Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bruce WilloughbyPublic Health, Northumberland Care Trust, Loansdean, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 2DL, UK. bruce.willoughby@northumberlandcaretrust.nhs.uk
Richard Thomson
Rakesh Chopra

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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PMID14965393
PMCPMC1314807

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