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ArticleScientific reports2025

Prehospital scale to differentiate intracerebral hemorrhage from large-vessel occlusion patients: a prospective cohort study.

A Freixa-Cruz, G Jimenez-Jimenez, G Mauri-Capdevila, Y Gallego-Sánchez, A García-Díaz, R Mitjana-Penella, M Paul-Arias, C Pereira-Priego, E Ruiz-Fernández, S Salvany-Montserrat and 5 more

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A Freixa-CruzStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
G Jimenez-JimenezCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
G Mauri-CapdevilaStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
Y Gallego-SánchezStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
A García-DíazStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
R Mitjana-PenellaClinical Neurosciences Group, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
M Paul-AriasStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
C Pereira-PriegoClinical Neurosciences Group, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
E Ruiz-FernándezStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
S Salvany-MontserratClinical Neurosciences Group, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
A Sancho-SaldañaStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
E San-Pedro-MurilloStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
E SaureuClinical Neurosciences Group, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
D Vázquez-JustesStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
Francisco PurroyStroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure, 80, Lleida, 25198, Spain. fpurroygarcia@gmail.com.

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Abstract

Evaluating scales to detect large vessel occlusion (LVO) could aid in considering early referrals to a thrombectomy-capable center in the prehospital stroke code setting. Nevertheless, they entail a significant number of false positives, corresponding to intracranial hemorrhages (ICH). Our study aims to identify easily collectible variables for the development of a scale to differentiate patients with ICH from LVO. We conducted a prospective cohort study of stroke code patients between May 2021 and January 2023. Patients were evaluated with CT/CT-Angiography at arrival. We compared clinical variables and vascular risk factors between ICH and LVO patients. Out of 989 stroke code patients, we included 190 (66.7%) LVO cases and 95 (33.3) ICH cases. In the multivariate analysis, headache (odds ratio [OR] 3.56; 1.50-8.43), GCS < 8 (OR 8.19; 3.17-21.13), SBP > 160mmHg (OR 6.43; 3.37-12.26) and male sex (OR 2.07; 1.13-3.80) were associated with ICH, while previous hypercholesterolemia (OR 0.35; 0.19-0.65) with LVO. The scale design was conducted, assigning a score to each significant variable based on its specific weight: +2 points for SBP > 160, + 1 points for headache, + 1 points for male sex, + 2 points for GCS < 8, and - 1 points for HCL. The area under the curve was 0.82 (0.77-0.87). A score ≥ 4 exhibited a sensitivity of 0.10, a specificity of 0.99, a positive predictive value of 0.21, and a negative predictive value of 0.98. We present the development of a prehospital scale to discriminate between ICH and LVO patients, utilizing easily detectable variables in the prehospital setting.

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Cerebral HemorrhageEmergency Medical ServicesStrokeAgedAged, 80 and overComputed Tomography AngiographyDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRisk FactorsEmergency medical servicesHemorrhagic strokeIntracerebral hemorrhageIschemic strokeLarge vessel occlusionPrehospital ScaleStroke code

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