A novel stroke mimic prediction score during in-hospital triage for suspected stroke patients: The Stroke Mimics Score (SMS).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early differential diagnosis between stroke mimics and cerebrovascular events is a major challenge in the Emergency Department (ED). The primary aim of this study was to identify diagnostic predictors of stroke mimics based on parameters acquired during the ED triage of patients with suspected stroke. Secondly, we aimed to develop a diagnostic score for early differential diagnosis. Moreover, we compared the diagnostic accuracy of our score with that of other two validated scores.

Patients and methods

We included consecutive patients presenting to the ED of an urban teaching hospital for suspected stroke from 2015 to 2022 in the retrospective derivation cohort and during 2023 in the prospective validation cohort. Cerebrovascular events predictors were identified

SUBMITTER: Scala I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12084216 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature