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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 73-74 |
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| Clinical stroke scores for distinguishing stroke subtypes |
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Sora Yasri1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Department of Medical Center, KMT Primary Care Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Department of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Hainan, China
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| Date of Web Publication | 25-May-2015 |
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How to cite this article:
Yasri S, Wiwanitkit V. Clinical stroke scores for distinguishing stroke subtypes. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2015;8:73-4 |
Dear Sir,
The report on "clinical stroke scores for distinguishing stroke subtypes" is very interesting. [1] Mwita et al. noted that "clinical stroke scores are not accurate enough for use in clinical or epidemiological settings" [1] and "computerized tomography (CT) is recommended for differentiating stroke subtypes." [1] It is admirable that Mwita et al. tried to search for new alternatives to help distinguish stroke subtypes in a rural setting. While the recommendation to use CT is rational, it might not be available in rural settings. The topic for discussion should be on how to improve the efficacy of stroke score. The additional use of other scoring systems, such as iScore, [2] which can be useful in distinguishing stroke subtypes should be considered.
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| 1. | Mwita CC, Kajia D, Gwer S, Etyang A, Newton CR. Accuracy of clinical stroke scores for distinguishing stroke subtypes in resource poor settings: A systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2014;5:330-9.  [ PUBMED]  |
| 2. | Sung SF, Chen YW, Hung LC, Lin HJ. Revised iScore to predict outcomes after acute ischemic stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2014;23:1634-9. |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sora Yasri
Department of Medical Center, KMT Primary Care Center, Bangkok
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.157640
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