Background: The ABCD2 score (Age, Blood pressure, Clinical features, Duration of symptoms and Diabetes) is used to identify patients having a transient ischemic attack who are at high risk for ...

The ABCD2 score is inaccurate as a predictor of imminent stroke in patients who present to the emergency department with TIA, a new report suggests.

Prediction of Recurrent Stroke With ABCD2 and ABCD3 Scores in Patients With Symptomatic 50-99% Carotid Stenosis Elias Johansson; Jakob Bjellerup; Per Wester Disclosures BMC Neurol. 2014;14 (223 ...

The Canadian Transient Ischaemic Score was more accurate than the ABCD² and ABCD²I scores in determining patients’ risk for a subsequent stroke within ...

The ABCD2 score used to identify people at risk of stroke after suffering a transient ischemic attack -- a "mini" or "warning" stroke -- is not sensitive enough to ...

The ABCD 2 score, findings on brain imaging, and status with respect to large-artery atherosclerosis helped stratify the risk of recurrent stroke within 1 year after a TIA or minor stroke.

An ABCD2 score of >5 points had a sensitivity of 31.6% and 29.2% for predicting stroke outcome at 7 days and 90 days after TIA, respectively.

June 2 -- MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- About half the people who have a major stroke soon after a less serious brain event, such as a transient ischemic attack or "mini-stroke," do so within ...

Trials have evaluated the use of clopidogrel and aspirin to prevent stroke after an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). In a previous trial, ticagrelor was not better than aspirin i ...

The ABCD2 score used to identify people at risk of stroke after suffering a transient ischemic attack -- a "mini" or "warning" stroke -- is not sensitive enough to ...

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The ABCD2 score was developed to triage patients with transient ischaemic attack according to the risk of experiencing a stroke in the next few hours or days. However ...