Stroke Severity and Comorbidity Index for Prediction of Mortality after Ischemic Stroke from the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive–Acute Collaboration

There is increasing interest in the use of administrative data (incorporating comorbidity index) and stroke severity score to predict ischemic stroke mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal timing for the collection of stroke severity data and the minimum clinical dataset to be included in models of stroke mortality. To address these issues, we chose the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive (VISTA), which contains National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) on admission and at 24 hours, as well as outcome at 90 days.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 18, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Thanh G. Phan, Benjamin Clissold, John Ly, Henry Ma, Chris Moran, Velandai Srikanth, VISTA–Acute Collaboration Source Type: research