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CT brain scan and transient ischaemic attack

Report By: Dr Sandip Pati - Senior House Officer
Search checked by Magnus Harrison. - Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Institution: University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent
Date Submitted: 22nd December 2003
Last Modified: 5th October 2005
Status: Red (incomplete)

Three Part Question

In [patients presenting to emergency department with a TIA] what is the diagnostic [utility] of a [CT brain scan]?