Validation of the Los Angeles Pre-Hospital Stroke Screen (LAPSS) in a Chinese Urban Emergency Medical Service Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Shengyun ^a   Sun, Haixin ^b   Lei, Yanni ^c   Gao, Ding ^c   Wang, Yan ^a   Wang, Yilong ^a   Zhou, Yong ^a   Wang, Anxin ^a   Wang, Wenzhi ^b   Zhao, Xingquan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Emergency Medical Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOS ANGELES PRE HOSPITAL STROKE SCREEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881345965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070742     Document Type: Article

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