FABS: An Intuitive Tool for Screening of Stroke Mimics in the Emergency Department [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
FABS seems to be reliable in stratifying SM from acute cerebral ischemia cases among patients in whom the head computed tomography was negative for any acute findings. It can help clinicians consider advanced imaging for further diagnosis.

Source: Stroke - August 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Goyal, N., Tsivgoulis, G., Male, S., Metter, E. J., Iftikhar, S., Kerro, A., Chang, J. J., Frey, J. L., Triantafyllou, S., Papadimitropoulos, G., Abedi, V., Alexandrov, A. W., Alexandrov, A. V., Zand, R. Tags: Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research