Application of the ABCD 2 score to identify cerebrovascular causes of dizziness in the emergency department

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1484-1489

  Navi, Babak B ^a   Kamel, Hooman ^a   Shah, Maulik P ^b   Grossman, Aaron W ^b   Wong, Christine ^c   Poisson, Sharon N ^b   Whetstone, William D ^b   Josephson, S Andrew ^b   Johnston, S Claiborne ^b   Kim, Anthony S ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute stroke; brainstem stroke; clinical neurology; clinical prediction score; dizziness; emergency medicine; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTIGO; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84863400514     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.646414     Document Type: Article

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