Prediction of Functional Outcome and Tissue Loss in Acute Cortical Infarction

Abstract

To compare the acute Allen's Prognostic Score, Canadian Neurological Score, and subacute Barthel Index as predictors of outcome functional status and infarct size at 3 months in patients with acute cortical infarction. A prospective study of acute stroke predictors and outcome measurements in a cohort of sequential hospitalized patients. Fifty-one patients with acute cortical infarction and without previous disability assessed 24 hours after onset with Allen's Prognostic Score and the Canadian Neurological Score and at 7 days with the Barthel Index. Mortality, Barthel Index, and volumetric measurement of infarct size on computed tomography 3 months after stroke. There were seven deaths. The ..