Performance of the vision, aphasia, neglect (VAN) assessment within a single large EMS system.
Mehul D PatelJackie ThompsonJosé G CabañasJefferson G WilliamsErin LewisMichael BachmanMahmoud Al MasryCharles LaVigneLeonardo MorantesTibor BecskeOmar Kass-HoutPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
Among suspected stroke patients, we found modest sensitivity and specificity of VAN to detect LVO for both EMS and ED providers. Moreover, the low PPV in our study suggests a significant number of patients with non-LVO ischemic stroke or ICH could be over-triaged with VAN.