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Table 3 Final diagnoses of 1269 patients who called the OHS-PC for symptoms suggestive of TIA/stroke

From: Accuracy of telephone triage in patients suspected of transient ischaemic attack or stroke: a cross-sectional study

 

High NTS urgency

n = 770 (60.7%)

Low NTS urgency

n = 499 (39.3%)

P-value

TIA/minor stroke

276 (35.8)

158 (31.7)

0.125

Major ischaemic or haemorrhagic strokea

149 (19.4)

52 (10.4)

< 0.001

Other life threatening events (LTEs)b:

45 (5.8)

16 (3.2)

0.032

 - Intracranial haemorrhagec

17 (37.8)

7 (43.8)

0.674

Migraine:

21 (2.7)

21 (4.2)

0.150

 - With aura

9 (42.9)

7 (33.3)

0.525

Epilepsy

17 (2.2)

6 (1.2)

0.190

Syncope

18 (2.3)

12 (2.4)

0.939

Brain tumor

13 (1.7)

2 (0.4)

0.059^

Peripheral vestibular syndromes:

22 (2.9)

42 (8.4)

< 0.001

 - Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

10 (45.5)

11 (26.2)

0.119

 - Meniere disease

1 (4.5)

1 (2.4)

0.999^

 - Vestibular neuritis

0 (0.0)

5 (11.9)

0.155^

Peripheral nerve problem:

75 (9.7)

47 (9.4)

0.850

 - Bell’s palsy

22 (29.3)

13 (27.7)

0.842

 - Facial nerve palsy other than Bell’s palsy

53 (70.7)

34 (72.3)

0.842

Psychogenic syndromes

27 (3.5)

26 (5.2)

0.138

Other non-urgent diagnosesd

107 (13.9)

117 (23.4)

< 0.001

  1. High NTS urgency: U1 and U2; Low NTS urgency: U3, U4 and U5. aIncluding lacunar infarction and stroke not otherwise specified; bAmongst others sepsis, acute coronary syndrome, meningitis, herpes encephalitis, coma, severe anemia due to gastrointestinal bleeding, hypoglycaemia, acute pulmonary embolism; cIncluding subarachnoid haemorrhage; dAmongst others guillain barre, multiple sclerosis, alcohol intoxication; ^Fisher’s Exact Test