Accuracy and Reliability of the Recommendation for IV Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke Based on Interpretation of Head CT on a Smartphone or a Laptop.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
; 214(4): 877-884, 2020 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to assess the accuracy and reliability of IV thrombolysis recommendations made after interpretation of head CT images of patients with symptoms of acute stroke displayed on smartphone or laptop reading systems compared with those made after interpretation of images displayed on a medical workstation monitor. MATERIALS AND METHODS. This retrospective study was institutional review board-approved, and the requirement for informed consent was waived. We used a factorial design including 2256 interpretations (188 patients, four neuroradiologists, and three reading systems). To evaluate the reliability, we calculated the intraobserver and interobserver agreements using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the following interpretation variables hemorrhagic lesions, intraaxial neoplasm, stroke dating (acute, subacute, and chronic), hyperdense arteries, and infarct size assessment. Accuracy equivalence tests were performed for the IV thrombolysis recommendation; for this variable, sensitivity, specificity, and ROC curves were evaluated. RESULTS. Good or very good interobserver and intraobserver agreements were obtained after interpretation of each variable. The IV thrombolysis recommendation showed very good interobserver agreements (ICC ≥ 0.85) and very good intraobserver agreements (ICC ≥ 0.81). For the IV thrombolysis recommendation, the AUC values (0.83-0.84) and sensitivities (0.94-0.95) were equivalent among all the reading systems at a 5% equivalent threshold. CONCLUSION. Our study found that mobile devices are reliable and accurate to help stroke teams to decide whether to administer IV thrombolysis in patients with acute stroke.
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Microcomputadores
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Terapia Trombolítica
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Isquemia Encefálica
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Smartphone
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
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AJR Am J Roentgenol
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
Colômbia