Table 1 Review inclusion and exclusion criteria

Study type

Comparative observational studies

Case reports

Prospective observational studies

Selected case series

Cohort studies

Literature review

Unselected case series

Conference proceedings

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Participants

Human

Non-human subjects

Adults

Exclusively paediatric patients

Mixed paediatric and adult populations (where paediatric and adult groups are not possible to identify separately)

Patients with ischaemic stroke (including patients with LVO), acute haemorrhagic stroke, and/or stroke-mimicking conditions and transient ischaemic attack

Exclusively patients with non-stroke conditions, such as sickle cell disease, arteriovenous malformation, traumatic brain injury, cerebral tumour, subarachnoid haemorrhage, vertigo etc.

Sample size ≥300 participants [6]

Sample size < 300 participants

Setting

Procedure

Use of a clinical assessment tool, including clinical scales, individual symptoms and signs designed for identification of patients with ischaemic stroke, including subjects with LVO, acute haemorrhagic stroke, and/or stroke-mimicking conditions

Exclusively assessing the diagnostic accuracy of a brain imaging modality for identification of patients with acute stroke and/or stroke-mimicking conditions

Aims/outcomes

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tools designed for identification of patients with ischaemic stroke, including subjects with LVO, acute haemorrhagic stroke, and/or stroke mimicking conditions

Exclusively assessing the prognosis of functional disability caused by a stroke

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tools designed for differentiation between two main subtypes of stroke – ischaemic and haemorrhagic

Exclusively evaluating factors associated with misdiagnosis of stroke

Exclusively diagnosing stroke patients with no assessment of clinical factors

Publication

2015–2018

Before January 2015

In English

In languages other than English