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Prehospital stroke detection scales: A head-to-head comparison of 7 scales in patients with suspected stroke.
Dekker, Luuk; Moudrous, Walid; Daems, Jasper D; Buist, Ewout Fh; Venema, Esmee; Durieux, Marcel Dj; van Zwet, Erik W; de Schryver, Els Llm; Kloos, Loet Mh; de Laat, Karlijn F; Aerden, Leo Am; Dippel, Diederik Wj; Kerkhoff, Henk; van den Wijngaard, Ido R; Wermer, Marieke Jh; Roozenbeek, Bob; Kruyt, Nyika D.
Afiliação
  • Dekker L; Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Moudrous W; Department of Neurology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Daems JD; Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Buist EF; Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Venema E; Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Durieux MD; Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • van Zwet EW; Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • de Schryver EL; Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Kloos LM; Emergency Medical Services Hollands-Midden, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • de Laat KF; Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Aerden LA; Department of Neurology, Alrijne Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands.
  • Dippel DW; Department of Neurology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, The Netherlands.
  • Kerkhoff H; Department of Neurology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
  • van den Wijngaard IR; Department of Neurology, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis Hospital, Delft, The Netherlands.
  • Wermer MJ; Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Roozenbeek B; Department of Neurology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Kruyt ND; Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Int J Stroke ; : 17474930241275123, 2024 Sep 10.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39127910
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Several prehospital scales have been designed to aid paramedics in identifying stroke patients in the ambulance setting. However, external validation and comparison of these scales are largely lacking.

AIMS:

To compare all published prehospital stroke detection scales in a large cohort of unselected stroke code patients.

METHODS:

We conducted a systematic literature search to identify all stroke detection scales. Scales were reconstructed with prehospital acquired data from two observational cohort studies the Leiden Prehospital Stroke Study (LPSS) and PREhospital triage of patients with suspected STrOke (PRESTO) study. These included stroke code patients from four ambulance regions in the Netherlands, including 15 hospitals and serving 4 million people. For each scale, we calculated the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity for a diagnosis of stroke (ischemic, hemorrhagic, or transient ischemic attack (TIA)). Moreover, we assessed the proportion of stroke patients who received reperfusion treatment with intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular thrombectomy that would have been missed by each scale.

RESULTS:

We identified 14 scales, of which 7 (CPSS, FAST, LAPSS, MASS, MedPACS, OPSS, and sNIHSS-EMS) could be reconstructed. Of 3317 included stroke code patients, 2240 (67.5%) had a stroke (1528 ischemic, 242 hemorrhagic, 470 TIA) and 1077 (32.5%) a stroke mimic. Of ischemic stroke patients, 715 (46.8%) received reperfusion treatment. Accuracies ranged from 0.60 (LAPSS) to 0.66 (MedPACS, OPSS, and sNIHSS-EMS), sensitivities from 66% (LAPSS) to 84% (MedPACS and sNIHSS-EMS), and specificities from 28% (sNIHSS-EMS) to 49% (LAPSS). MedPACS, OPSS, and sNIHSS-EMS missed the fewest reperfusion-treated patients (10.3-11.2%), whereas LAPSS missed the most (25.5%).

CONCLUSIONS:

Prehospital stroke detection scales generally exhibited high sensitivity but low specificity. While LAPSS performed the poorest, MedPACS, sNIHSS-EMS, and OPSS demonstrated the highest accuracy and missed the fewest reperfusion-treated stroke patients. Use of the most accurate scale could reduce unnecessary stroke code activations for patients with a stroke mimic by almost a third, but at the cost of missing 16% of strokes and 10% of patients who received reperfusion treatment.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article