학술논문
Validation of Siriraj Stroke Score in Southeast Nigeria
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Document Type
Report
Author
Source
International Journal of General Medicine. Annual 2015, Vol. 8, p349, 5 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1178-7074
Abstract
Introduction The World Health Organization defines stroke as a rapidly developing clinical syndrome of focal or global (in the case of coma) disturbance of cerebral function lasting longer than 24 [...]
The aim of the study is to validate the use of Siriraj Stroke Score (SSS) in the diagnosis of acute hemorrhagic and acute ischemic stroke in southeast Nigeria. This was a prospective study on validity of SSS in the diagnosis of stroke types in southeast Nigeria. Subjects diagnosed with stroke for whom brain computerized tomography (CT) scan was performed on admission were recruited during the study period. SSS was calculated for each subject, and the SSS diagnosis was compared with brain CT scan-based diagnosis. A total of 2,307 patients were admitted in the hospital medical wards during the study period, of whom 360 (15.6%) were stroke patients and of these, 113 (31.4%) adult subjects met the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the subjects was 66.5 [+ or -] 2.6 years. The mean interval between ictus and presentation was 2.5 [+ or -] 0.4 days. Ischemic stroke was confirmed by CT in 74 subjects; however, SSS predicted 60 (81.1%) of these subjects correctly (P Keywords: stroke, Siriraj Stroke Score (SSS), hemorrhagic stroke, acute ischemic stroke, CT scan
The aim of the study is to validate the use of Siriraj Stroke Score (SSS) in the diagnosis of acute hemorrhagic and acute ischemic stroke in southeast Nigeria. This was a prospective study on validity of SSS in the diagnosis of stroke types in southeast Nigeria. Subjects diagnosed with stroke for whom brain computerized tomography (CT) scan was performed on admission were recruited during the study period. SSS was calculated for each subject, and the SSS diagnosis was compared with brain CT scan-based diagnosis. A total of 2,307 patients were admitted in the hospital medical wards during the study period, of whom 360 (15.6%) were stroke patients and of these, 113 (31.4%) adult subjects met the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the subjects was 66.5 [+ or -] 2.6 years. The mean interval between ictus and presentation was 2.5 [+ or -] 0.4 days. Ischemic stroke was confirmed by CT in 74 subjects; however, SSS predicted 60 (81.1%) of these subjects correctly (P Keywords: stroke, Siriraj Stroke Score (SSS), hemorrhagic stroke, acute ischemic stroke, CT scan