Researchers from Wayne State University and William Beaumont Hospital presented a paper at the 2006 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting describing rapid protocol to Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), which is also known as a "mini-stroke." As many as 30,000 Americans a year are diagnosed with TIA. The researchers looked at the use of an Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol, as well as other treatment methods, and how these protocols might lower treatment costs and shorten hospital stays.