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TIA management — DGM MCQ

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An 82-year-old woman has 15 minutes of left arm weakness and slurred speech that has resolved. She is now neurologically normal. Blood pressure is 156/84 mmHg and glucose is normal. Current medicines include amlodipine and atorvastatin. What is the most appropriate management?

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Correct answer: D — Same-day specialist TIA assessment

Resolved focal neurological symptoms suggest TIA and need urgent specialist assessment to reduce early stroke risk. Reassurance, delayed review, vestibular exercises and migraine attribution without assessment are unsafe. TIA is a warning event, not a benign resolved episode.

Reference: NICE stroke/TIA guidance