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Table 6 First position diagnoses amongst the false negatives (n = 103)

From: Moderate sensitivity and high specificity of emergency department administrative data for transient ischemic attacks

Diagnoses

n (%)

Queried TIA

27 (26.2)

Stroke

26 (25.2)

Vascular abnormalitya

15 (14.6)

Symptomsb

16 (15.5)

Other diagnosesc

19 (18.4)

  1. aIntracranial or extracranial vascular occlusion, stenosis, dissection, or aneurysm
  2. bOne hemiplegia, 3 visual, 4 sensory, 2 gait, 2 dizziness, 1 speech, 3 malaise
  3. cTen headaches, 1 postradiation encephalopathy, 1 myelopathy, 2 vestibular dysfunction, 1 rheumatic fever, 1 aortic valve stenosis, 1 giant cell arteritis, 1 connective tissue disease, 1 seizure