Simple prediction scores predict good and devastating outcomes after stroke more accurately than physicians
Author(s) -
John Reid,
Dingwei Dai,
Susanna Delmonte,
Carl Counsell,
Stephen Phillips,
Mary Joan MacLeod
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afw197
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , melkersson–rosenthal syndrome , receiver operating characteristic , population , physical therapy , level of consciousness , outcome (game theory) , pediatrics , surgery , mechanical engineering , environmental health , anesthesia , engineering , mathematical economics , mathematics
physicians are often asked to prognosticate soon after a patient presents with stroke. This study aimed to compare two outcome prediction scores (Five Simple Variables [FSV] score and the PLAN [Preadmission comorbidities, Level of consciousness, Age, and focal Neurologic deficit]) with informal prediction by physicians.
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