ABCD2 score
Neurology
Also known as: ABCD2-Score · ABCD2 skoru · ABCD2 score (early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack)
What it is for
ABCD2 score: five clinical features after a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), summed to 0-7 points, used to stratify early stroke risk.
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| A - Age | 60 years or older: 1 point. |
| B - Blood pressure | 140/90 mmHg or higher at first assessment: 1 point. |
| C - Clinical features | unilateral weakness: 2 points; speech disturbance without weakness: 1 point; other: 0. |
| D - Duration | 60 minutes or longer: 2 points; 10-59 minutes: 1 point; under 10 minutes: 0. |
| D - Diabetes | 1 point. |
| Risk groups (derivation paper) | 0-3 low; 4-5 moderate; 6-7 high. |
Source
Validation and refinement of scores to predict very early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack
Lancet 2007;369:283–292 (Johnston SC et al.)
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60150-0
PMID: 17258668
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