2024
External validation of the SI2NCAL2C score for outcomes following cerebral venous thrombosis
Klein P, Shu L, Lindgren E, de Winter M, Siegler J, Simpkins A, Omran S, Heldner M, de Havenon A, Abdalkader M, Al Kasab S, Stretz C, Wu T, Wilson D, Asad S, Almallouhi E, Frontera J, Kuohn L, Rothstein A, Bakradze E, Henninger N, Zubair A, Sharma R, Kerrigan D, Aziz Y, Mistry E, van Kammen M, Tatlisumak T, Krzywicka K, Aguiar de Sousa D, Jood K, Field T, Yaghi S, Coutinho J, Nguyen T. External validation of the SI2NCAL2C score for outcomes following cerebral venous thrombosis. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024, 33: 107720. PMID: 38614162, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107720.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral venous thrombosisArea under the receiver operating characteristic curvePoor outcomeVenous thrombosisCentral nervous system infectionInternational retrospective studyNervous system infectionExternal validation cohortFocal neurological deficitsReceiver operating characteristic curvePoor outcome dataLevels of hemoglobinLack of follow-upPoorer outcome scoresConsecutive patientsClinical presentationRetrospective studyValidation cohortIntracerebral hemorrhageNeurological deficitsFollow-upOutcome scoresSystemic infectionLevels of glucoseInternational cohort
2022
Reliability of patient self-reports to clinician-assigned functional scores of inclusion body myositis
Roy B, Zubair A, Petschke K, O'Connor KC, Paltiel AD, Nowak RJ. Reliability of patient self-reports to clinician-assigned functional scores of inclusion body myositis. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 2022, 436: 120228. PMID: 35344793, DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMyositis, Inclusion BodyReproducibility of ResultsSelf ReportConceptsIBM functional rating scaleInclusion body myositisBody myositisInterrater correlation coefficientSporadic inclusion body myositisFine motor skillsImpaired ambulationFleiss kappa statisticFunctional scoresHand functionDisease progressionWhite CaucasiansClinical practiceNatural history dataRating ScaleKappa statisticsMyositisScoresMotor skillsIndividual questionsSubstantial agreementCorrelation coefficient analysisReliable indicatorParticipantsAmbulation