Prevalence of stroke in acute vertigo presentations: A UK tertiary stroke centre perspective

The reported prevalence of stroke amongst patients presenting to hospital with acute vertigo and/or imbalance is c. 5%, leading to the pervasive notion amongst emergency and stroke physicians, that stroke is uncommon in this cohort.To interrogate the veracity of this notion, we systematically and retrospectively screened the electronic care records in our institution of patients referred as suspected stroke, to a hyperacute stroke service at a large tertiary referral centre.We screened 24,310 consecutive patients' electronic case records presenting to our hospital as an emergency over a 4-month period, 332 of whom were referred as suspected stroke whose case records were assessed via structured review.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - September 12, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Mohammad Mahmud, Abdel Rahman Saad, Zaeem Hadi, Jordan Elliot, Mabel Prendergast, Joseph Kwan, Barry Seemungal Source Type: research