Validating Existing Scales for Identification of Acute Stroke in an Inpatient Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

A significant proportion of strokes occur while patients are hospitalized for other reasons. Numerous stroke scales have been developed and validated for use in pre-hospital and emergency department settings, and there is growing interest to adapt these scales for use in the inpatient setting. We aimed to validate existing stroke scales for inpatient stroke codes.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed charts from inpatient stroke code activations at an urban academic medical center from January 2016 through December 2018. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed for each specified stroke scale including NIHSS, FAST, BE-FAST, 2CAN, FABS, TeleStroke Mimic, and LAMS. We also used logistic regression to identify independent predictors of stro

SUBMITTER: Sari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091444 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature