TY - JOUR
T1 - The Speech Arm Vision Eyes (SAVE) scale predicts large vessel occlusion stroke as well as more complicated scales
AU - Keenan, Kevin J.
AU - Smith, Wade S.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Introduction The Speech Arm Vision Eyes (SAVE) scale, a 4-item clinical scale emphasizing binary scoring and avoidance of nuanced examination distinctions, predicts LVOs with similar characteristics as more complex scales. Methods Receiver operating characteristic analyses of the prospective STOPStroke study assessed the ability of the SAVE scale and other published scales to predict LVO. We identified scale thresholds with positive likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals of ≥5.0 or negative likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals of ≤0.5. Results 735patients were studied. LVO prevalence was 33%. Area under the curve was 0.79 for SAVE, 0.82 for FAST-ED, 0.80 for mNIHSS and NIHSS, and lower for all other scales. SAVE=4, EMSA=6, mNIHSS≥10, NIHSS≥16, and RACE≥8 had positive likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals ≥5.0. SAVE≥2, CPSS≥2, C-STAT≥1, EMSA≥4, FAST-ED≥3, G-FAST≥3, mNIHSS≥6, NIHSS≥9, PASS≥1, RACE≥2, VAN=1, and 3I-SS≥1 had negative likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals ≤0.5. Conclusions SAVE=4 performed similarly to more complex scales at predicting LVO. Other simplified scales did not have thresholds with positive likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals ≥5.0. Validation is need in a prehospital cohort of patients with suspected stroke.
AB - Introduction The Speech Arm Vision Eyes (SAVE) scale, a 4-item clinical scale emphasizing binary scoring and avoidance of nuanced examination distinctions, predicts LVOs with similar characteristics as more complex scales. Methods Receiver operating characteristic analyses of the prospective STOPStroke study assessed the ability of the SAVE scale and other published scales to predict LVO. We identified scale thresholds with positive likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals of ≥5.0 or negative likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals of ≤0.5. Results 735patients were studied. LVO prevalence was 33%. Area under the curve was 0.79 for SAVE, 0.82 for FAST-ED, 0.80 for mNIHSS and NIHSS, and lower for all other scales. SAVE=4, EMSA=6, mNIHSS≥10, NIHSS≥16, and RACE≥8 had positive likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals ≥5.0. SAVE≥2, CPSS≥2, C-STAT≥1, EMSA≥4, FAST-ED≥3, G-FAST≥3, mNIHSS≥6, NIHSS≥9, PASS≥1, RACE≥2, VAN=1, and 3I-SS≥1 had negative likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals ≤0.5. Conclusions SAVE=4 performed similarly to more complex scales at predicting LVO. Other simplified scales did not have thresholds with positive likelihood ratios with 95% confidence intervals ≥5.0. Validation is need in a prehospital cohort of patients with suspected stroke.
KW - artery
KW - stroke
KW - thrombectomy
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U2 - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014482
DO - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014482
M3 - Article
C2 - 30514735
AN - SCOPUS:85058024469
VL - 11
SP - 659
EP - 663
JO - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
JF - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
SN - 1759-8478
IS - 7
ER -