Predicting post-stroke cognitive impairment using acute CT neuroimaging: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying whether acute stroke patients are at risk of cognitive decline could improve prognostic discussions and management. Structural computed tomography neuroimaging is routine in acute stroke, and may identify those at risk of post-stroke dementia or post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI).

Aim

To systematically review the literature to identify which stroke or pre-stroke features on brain computed tomography scans, performed at the time of stroke, are associated with post-stroke dementia or PSCI.

Summary of review

We searched electronic databases to December 2020. We included studies reporting acute stroke brain computed tomography, and later diagnosis of a cognitive syndrome. We created summary estimates of size of unadjusted association between co

SUBMITTER: Ball EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9260488 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature