Use of biomarkers in triage of patients with suspected stroke

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Vanni, Simone ^a   Polidori, Gianluca ^a   Pepe, Giuseppe ^a   Chiarlone, Melisenda ^a   Albani, Alberto ^b   Pagnanelli, Adolfo ^c   Grifoni, Stefano ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Pronto Soccorso Presidio Ospedaliero di Pescara   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomarkers; BNP; Cincinnati prehospital stroke scale; D dimer; stroke; triage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; D DIMER; GELATINASE B; PROTEIN S100B;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; S100 PROTEINS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 79956031903     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: 07364679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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