Diagnostic value of transcranial ultrasonography for selecting subjects with large vessel occlusion: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:A number of pre-hospital clinical assessment tools have been developed to triage subjects with acute stroke due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) to a specialised endovascular centre, but their false negative rates remain high leading to inappropriate and costly emergency transfers. Transcranial ultrasonography may represent a valuable pre-hospital tool for selecting patients with LVO who could benefit from rapid transfer to a dedicated centre. METHODS:Diagnostic accuracy of transcranial ultrasonography in acute stroke was subjected to systematic review. Medline, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, and The Cochrane Library were searched. Published articles reporting diagnostic accuracy of transcranial ultrasonography in comparison to a reference imaging method were selected. Studies reporti

SUBMITTER: Antipova D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6805840 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature