Validation study of the Siriraj stroke score in African Nigerians and evaluation of the discriminant values of its parameters: A preliminary prospective CT scan study

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1997-2000

  Kolapo, Kehinde O ^a   Ogun, Shamsideen A ^a,d   Danesi, Mustapha A ^b   Osalusi, Bamidele Sanya ^a   Odusote, Kayode A ^c  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c West African College of Physicians   (Nigeria)

^d Ogun State University Teaching Hospital ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; CT; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747196960     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000229893.02732.02     Document Type: Article

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