Clinical signs in young patients with stroke related to FAST: results of the sifap1 study

Conclusions FAST may be applied as a useful and rapid tool to identify stroke symptoms in young individuals aged 18–55 years. Especially in patients eligible for thrombolysis FAST might address the majority of individuals. Study registration The study was registered in http://www.clinicaltrials.gov (No. NCT00414583).

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Source: BMJ Open - November 7, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kaps, M., Grittner, U., Jungehulsing, G., Tatlisumak, T., Kessler, C., Schmidt, R., Jukka, P., Norrving, B., Rolfs, A., Tanislav, C., on behalf of the sifap1 Investigators Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, Health services research, Neurology Source Type: research