Additional predictors of stroke and transient ischaemic attack in BEFAST positive patients in out-of-hours emergency primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In patients suspected of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), rapid triaging is imperative to improve clinical outcomes. For this purpose, balance-eye-face-arm-speech-time (BEFAST) items are used in out-of-hours primary care (OHS-PC). We explored the risk of stroke and TIA among BEFAST positive patients calling to the OHS-PC, and assessed whether additional predictors could improve risk stratification.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study of retrospectively gathered routine care data from telephone triage tape-recordings of patients calling the OHS-PC with neurological deficit symptoms, classified as BEFAST positive. Four models-with the predictors age, sex, a history of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease, and cardiovascular risk factors-were fit

SUBMITTER: van Royen FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414940 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature