Prehospital stroke scales in urban environments: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify and compare the operating characteristics of existing prehospital stroke scales to predict true strokes in the hospital.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL databases for articles that evaluated the performance of prehospital stroke scales. Quality of the included studies was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool. We abstracted the operating characteristics of published prehospital stroke scales and compared them statistically and graphically.

Results

We retrieved 254 articles from MEDLINE, 66 articles from EMBASE, and 32 articles from CINAHL Plus database. Of these, 8 studies met all our inclusion criteria, and they studied Cincinnati Pre-Hospital Stroke Scale (CPSS), Los Angeles Pre-Hospital Str

SUBMITTER: Brandler ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4113467 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature