RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Stroke risk stratification in acute dizziness presentations
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1869
OP 1878
DO 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002141
VO 85
IS 21
A1 Kevin A. Kerber
A1 William J. Meurer
A1 Devin L. Brown
A1 James F. Burke
A1 Timothy P. Hofer
A1 Alexander Tsodikov
A1 Ellen G. Hoeffner
A1 A.M. Fendrick
A1 Eric E. Adelman
A1 Lewis B. Morgenstern
YR 2015
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/85/21/1869.abstract
AB Objective: To estimate the ability of bedside information to risk stratify stroke in acute dizziness presentations.Methods: Surveillance methods were used to identify patients with acute dizziness and nystagmus or imbalance, excluding those with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, medical causes, or moderate to severe neurologic deficits. Stroke was defined as acute infarction or intracerebral hemorrhage on a clinical or research MRI performed within 14 days of dizziness onset. Bedside information comprised history of stroke, the ABCD2 score (age, blood pressure, clinical features, duration, and diabetes), an ocular motor (OM)-based assessment (head impulse test, nystagmus pattern [central vs other], test of skew), and a general neurologic examination for other CNS features. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the association of the bedside information with stroke. Model calibration was assessed using low (<5%), intermediate (5% to <10%), and high (≥10%) predicted probability risk categories.Results: Acute stroke was identified in 29 of 272 patients (10.7%). Associations with stroke were as follows: ABCD2 score (continuous) (odds ratio [OR] 1.74; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20–2.51), any other CNS features (OR 2.54; 95% CI 1.06–6.08), OM assessment (OR 2.82; 95% CI 0.96–8.30), and prior stroke (OR 0.48; 95% CI 0.05–4.57). No stroke cases were in the model's low-risk probability category (0/86, 0%), whereas 9 were in the moderate-risk category (9/94, 9.6%) and 20 were in the high-risk category (20/92, 21.7%).Conclusion: In acute dizziness presentations, the combination of ABCD2 score, general neurologic examination, and a specialized OM examination has the capacity to risk-stratify acute stroke on MRI.ABCD2=age, blood pressure, clinical features, duration, diabetes; CI=confidence interval; HINTS=head impulse, nystagmus pattern, test of skew; HIT=head impulse test; ICH=intracerebral hemorrhage; OM=ocular motor; OR=odds ratio