Prehospital stroke detection scales: A head-to-head comparison of 7 scales in patients with suspected stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several prehospital scales have been designed to aid paramedics in identifying stroke patients in the ambulance setting. However, external validation and comparison of these scales are largely lacking.

Aims

To compare all published prehospital stroke detection scales in a large cohort of unselected stroke code patients.

Methods

We conducted a systematic literature search to identify all stroke detection scales. Scales were reconstructed with prehospital acquired data from two observational cohort studies: the Leiden Prehospital Stroke Study (LPSS) and PREhospital triage of patients with suspected STrOke (PRESTO) study. These included stroke code patients from four ambulance regions in the Netherlands, including 15 hospitals and serving 4 million people. For

SUBMITTER: Dekker L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874475 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature