Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance of Prehospital Stroke Scales Across the Range of Deficit Severity: Analysis of the Prehospital Triage of Patients With Suspected Stroke Study.
Jennifer A FronteraRuben M van de WijdevenJohanna Maria OspelMartijne H C DuvekotEsmee VenemaAnouk D RozemanWalid MoudrousKirsten R I S DorresteijnJan-Hein HensenAdriaan C G M van EsA V D LugtHenk KerkhoffDiederik W J DippelMayank GoyalBob Roozenbeeknull nullPublished in: Stroke (2022)
Commonly-used prehospital stroke scales show variable performance across the range of deficit severity. Probability of aLVO remains high with a negative test in severely affected patients. Studies reporting prehospital stroke scale performance should be appraised in the context of the NIHSS distribution of their samples.