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Stroke

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Clinical features

Ask about history of stroke or TIA  b particularly with other risk factors b  

Why?

Hypertension: a previous stroke increases the risk of another

Patient Prognostic Factor Outcome CER RR
(95% CI)		 NNF+
(95% CI)
hypertension b history of stroke
independent 		stroke
at 4.5 years 		5.5% 2.13
(1.00 to 4.56)		 16
(5 to infinity)

Expiry date: October 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball