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Application of the ABCD 2 Score to Identify Cerebrovascular Causes of Dizziness in the Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Babak B. Navi,
Hooman Kamel,
Maulik Shah,
Aaron W. Grossman,
Christine Wong,
Sharon N. Poisson,
William D. Whetstone,
S. Andrew Josephson,
S. Claiborne Johnston,
Anthony Kim
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.111.646414
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , interquartile range , stroke (engine) , medical record , vertigo , emergency medicine , pediatrics , cardiology , surgery , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Dizziness can herald a cerebrovascular event. The ABCD(2) score predicts the risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack partly by distinguishing transient ischemic attack from mimics. We evaluated whether this score would also identify cerebrovascular events among emergency department patients with dizziness.

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