Kurashiki prehospital stroke subtyping score (KP3S) as a means of distinguishing ischemic from hemorrhagic stroke in emergency medical services

European Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-238

  Yamashita, Shinji ^a,b   Kimura, Kazumi ^a   Iguchi, Yasuyuki ^a   Shibazaki, Kensaku ^a   Watanabe, Masao ^a   Iwanaga, Takeshi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Emergency medical services; Hemorrhagic stroke; Hyperacute phase; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KURASHIKI PREHOSPITAL STROKE SUBTYPING SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 79953209771     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324025     Document Type: Article

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