The SCAN rule - a clinical rule to reduce CT misdiagnosis of intracerebral haemorrhage in minor stroke

Caroline E Lovelock (1) , Jessica N Redgrave (1) , Dennis Briley (2) , Peter M Rothwell (1)

1 Department of Clinical Neurology, Stroke Prevention Research Unit [John Radcliffe Hospital]
2 Department of Neurology, Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Many patients with minor stroke are referred to outpatient clinics and are therefore not scanned immediately. A clinical rule is needed to identify patients who are likely to have intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and require urgent brain imaging, and patients who can safely start antiplatelet agents prior to scanning.

Mots clés: STROKE

Caroline E Lovelock, Jessica N Redgrave, Dennis Briley, Peter M Rothwell. The SCAN rule - a clinical rule to reduce CT misdiagnosis of intracerebral haemorrhage in minor stroke. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2010, 81 (3), pp.271. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2008.169227⟩. ⟨hal-00552753⟩