Predictive values of CSS and NIHSS in the prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction: A comparative analysis

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 97; no. 39; p. e12419
• Main Authors: Zhao, Xiao-Jing, Li, Qun-Xi, Liu, Tie-Jun, Wang, Da-Li, An, Ya-Chen, Zhang, Jiang, Peng, Yan-Bo, Chen, Rui-Ying, Chang, Li-Sha, Wang, Yan, Zhang, Li, Fan, Hai-Yan, Wang, Xiu-Jie, Zheng, Fu-Xia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Brain Ischemia - diagnostic imaging; Brain Ischemia - epidemiology; Brain Ischemia - mortality; Cerebral Infarction - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Infarction - epidemiology; Cerebral Infarction - mortality; China - epidemiology; Female; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); Observational Study; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Research Design - standards; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke - classification; Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; United States - epidemiology
• ISSN: 0025-7974; 1536-5964
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000012419

This study aims to investigate the predictive values of the Chinese Stroke Scale (CSS) and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) in the prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction.A total of 399 patients with acute cerebral infarction were assessed using CSS and NIHSS within 1 day after admission. Then, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were established, and the area under the curves of these 2 scoring systems was compared.The area under the curve of CSS and NIHSS was 0.796 and 0.794, respectively.CSS and NIHSS have good predictive values for the prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction.