Journal article
The Stroke Prognosis Instrument II (SPI-II)
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In 1991 we developed the Stroke Prognosis Instrument (SPI-I) to stratify patients with transient ischemic attack or ischemic stroke by prognosis for stroke or death in 2 years. In this article we validate and improve SPI-I (creating SPI-II).
METHODS: To validate SPI-I, we applied it to 4 test cohorts and calculated pooled outcome rates. To create SPI-II, we incorporated new predictive variables identified in 1 of the …
Authors
Kernan WN; Viscoli CM; Brass LM; Makuch RW; Sarrel PM; Roberts RS; Gent M; Rothwell P; Sacco RL; Liu R-C
Journal
Stroke, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 456–462
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
2 2000
DOI
10.1161/01.str.31.2.456
ISSN
0039-2499