Prehospital Factors Associated with Stroke Misdiagnosis by EMS Providers (S35.006)

Conclusions: LICH EMS providers missed 41% of strokes and our findings suggest that greater clinical suspicion for stroke should be exercised in patients who have a higher prehospital systolic blood pressure, who have a dispatch call of stroke, past medical history of diabetes or stroke and in those who are unconscious.Study support: NIH grants 1U01NS044364, R01 HL096944, 1U10NS077378 and 1U10NS080377.Disclosure: Dr. Brandler has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sharma has nothing to disclose. Dr. Helzner has nothing to disclose. Dr. Levine has received personal compensation in an editorial capacity for MedLink. Dr. Levine has received royalty payments as editor of a book.

Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Brandler, E., Sharma, M., Helzner, E., Levine, S. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Issues in Acute Treatment Source Type: research