Long-term risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack: a hospital-based validation of the ABCD2 rule

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Borislav D Dimitrov²  Tom Fahey³  Nicola Motterlini³  Penka A Atanassova¹  Rose Galvin³ 

[1] Clinic of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Medical University, 15A V Aprilov Blvd, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria;Academic Unit of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom;HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland

关键词: Bulgaria;    ABCD² rule;    Risk prediction;    Transient ischaemic attack;    Stroke;   

Others  :  1133057
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-281

 received in 2014-04-15, accepted in 2014-04-22,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The ABCD² clinical prediction rule is a seven point summation of clinical factors independently predictive of stroke risk. The purpose of this cohort study is to validate the ABCD² rule in a Bulgarian hospital up to three years after TIA.

Methods

All consecutive admissions to an emergency department with symptoms of a first TIA were included. Baseline data and clinical examinations including the ABCD² scores were documented by neurologists. Discrimination and calibration performance was examined using ABCD² cut-off scores of ≥3, ≥4 and ≥5 points, consistent with the international guidelines. The Hosmer-Lemeshow test was used to examine calibration between the observed and expected outcomes as predicted by ABCD² score within the logistic regression analysis.

Results

Eighty-nine patients were enrolled to the study with a mean age of 63 years (+/- 12 years). Fifty-nine percent (n = 53) of the study population was male. Seven strokes (7 · 8%) occurred within the first year and six further strokes within the three-year follow-up period. There was no incident of stroke within the first 90 days after TIA. The rule demonstrated good predictive (OR = 1 · 58, 95% CI 1 · 09-2 · 29) and discriminative performance (AUC_ROC = 0 · 72, 95% CI 0 · 58-0 · 86), as well as a moderate calibration performance at three years.

Conclusion

This validation of the ABCD² rule in a Bulgarian hospital demonstrates that the rule has good predictive and discriminative performance at three years. The ABCD² is quick to administer and may serve as a useful tool to assist clinicians in the long-term management of individuals with TIA.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Galvin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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