A GP guide to brief neurological disturbances

Distinguishing symptoms as either ischaemic or non-ischaemic can be difficult on clinical grounds alone but is greatly aided by neurovascular imaging
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Transient neurological attacks (TNA) are common in the elderly and increase in frequency with age.1,2

Such patients pose a challenging dilemma as symptoms are often non-specific, aetiologies are diverse and history may be misreported by individuals or misinterpreted by clinicians.3