Long-term mortality and risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack: a hospital-based cohort study.

Background: Stroke and mortality rates in patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) differ widely between community-based studies and research cohorts. Our aim therefore was to provide a reliable estimate for TIA patients treated in German neurology departments with an acute stroke unit.

Methods: A total of 1951 consecutively admitted TIA patients were prospectively documented in 13 centers and 1480 (75.

Neurologic worsening during the acute phase of ischemic stroke.

Background: Although capacities for intensive monitoring of patients with stroke are still limited, patients at risk for early neurologic worsening are poorly defined.

Objective: To identify patients at risk for neurologic worsening.

Design: An inception cohort was assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIH-SS) at hospital admission and again 48 to 72 hours later.