Resumen
Definición
Anamnesis y examen
Principales factores de diagnóstico
- inicio repentino y breve duración de los síntomas (minutos)
- Informe del paciente/testigo del déficit neurológico focal
Otros factores de diagnóstico
- debilidad o parálisis unilateral
- disfasia
- ataxia, vértigo o pérdida del equilibrio
- pérdida repentina y transitoria de la visión en un ojo (amaurosis fugaz)
- Hemianopsia homónima
- diplopía
- factores de riesgo
Factores de riesgo
- fibrilación auricular
- enfermedad valvular
- estenosis carotídea
- estenosis intracraneal
- insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva
- hipertensión
- hiperlipidemia
- diabetes mellitus
- tabaquismo
- Trastorno por consumo de alcohol
- edad avanzada
- foramen oval permeable (FOP)
- inactividad
- obesidad
- hipercoagulabilidad
Pruebas diagnósticas
Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar
- glucemia
- hemograma completo y recuento de plaquetas
- tiempo de protrombina, INR, tiempo de tromboplastina parcial
- lipidograma en ayunas
- electrolitos séricos
- electrocardiograma (ECG)
Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse
- exploración por tomografía computarizada (TC)
Algoritmo de tratamiento
sospecha de accidente isquémico transitorio
accidente isquémico transitorio confirmado
Colaboradores
Consejeros especializados
Matthew Jones, MD, FRCP
Consultant Neurologist
Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences
Northern Care Alliance
Honorary Senior Lecturer
University of Manchester
Manchester
UK
Divulgaciones
MJ is the chair of the Association of British Neurologists Education Committee (unpaid position). MJ is a faculty member of a MRCP revision course and has received honoraria from Eisai for educational talks.
Rachael Power, MBChB, MRCP
Neurology Registrar
Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences
Manchester
UK
Divulgaciones
RP declares that she has no competing interests.
Agradecimientos
BMJ Best Practice would like to gratefully acknowledge the previous team of expert contributors, whose work is retained in parts of the content:
Jennifer Simpson, MD
Associate Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver
CO
Disclosures: JS is a site investigator for the POINT trial.
Ethan Cumbler, MD
Associate Professor
Section of Hospital Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver
CO
Disclosures: EC declares that he has no competing interests.
Revisores por pares
Kayvan Khadjooi, MD, FRCP, PGCertMedEd
Consultant in Stroke Medicine
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Associate Lecturer
School of Clinical Medicine
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
UK
Disclosures
KK has received travel grants for conferences/speaker honoraria from Bayer, Boehringer, Daiichi-Sankyo, Pfizer, and Shire.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
References
Key articles
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management. Apr 2022 [internet publication].Full text
Royal College of Physicians; Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network; Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. National clinical guidelines for stroke for the United Kingdom and Ireland. April 2023 [internet publication].Full text
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