Clinical signs in young patients with stroke related to FAST: results of the sifap1 study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study aimed to evaluate the frequency of warning signs in younger patients with stroke with a special regard to the 'FAST' scheme, a public stroke recognition instrument (face, arm, speech, timely).

Setting

Primary stroke care in participating centres of a multinational European prospective cross-sectional study (Stroke in Young Fabry Patients; sifap1). Forty-seven centres from 15 European countries participate in sifap1.

Participants

5023 acute patients with stroke (aged 18-55 years) patients (96.5% Caucasians) were enrolled in the study between April 2007 and January 2010.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

sifap1 was originally designed to investigate the relation of juvenile stroke and Fabry disease. A secondary aim of sifap1 was

SUBMITTER: Kaps M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4225229 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature