GRASPS Score of Menon et al for Predicting Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage after Stroke Thrombolysis

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Menon et al reported the GRASPS score for predicting symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage for patients following intravenous thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke. The authors are from University of Calgary, University of California Los Angeles, Northwestern University, Michigan State University, Duke University and Massachusetts General Hospital..Data was from the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-Stroke) trial.

Patient selection: status post intravenous thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke

Outcome: symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (neurological worsening within 36 hours of tPA infusion that is attributed to tPA and diagnosed by the treating physican based on imaging studies)

Parameters:

(1) G for glucose on admission in mg/dL

(2) R for race

(3) A for age in years

(4) S for sex

(5) P for systolic blood pressure in mm Hg

(6) S for stroke severity based on NIHSS score on admission

Parameters	Findings	Points
glucose on admission	< 100 mg/dL	2
	100 to 149 mg/dL	6
	>= 150 mg/dL	8
race	Asian	9
	non-Asian	0
age in years	<= 60 years of age	8
	61 to 70 years of age	11
	71 to 80 years of age	15
	> 80 years of age	17
sex	female	0
	male	4
systolic blood pressure	< 120 mm Hg	10
	120 to 149	14
	150 to 179	18
	>= 180 mm Hg	21
NIHSS stroke score	0 to 5	25
	6 to 10	27
	11 to 15	34
	16 to 20	40
	>= 21	42

total score =

= SUM(points for all 5 parameters)

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 45

• maximum score 101

• The higher the score the greater the risk for t-PA related ICH.

Score	Probability t-PA related ICH
< 50	< 1%
50 to 80	(0.0085 * ((points)^2)) - (0.851 * (points)) +22.14
80 to 101	(0.02725 * ((points)^2)) - 3.673 * (points)) + 127.8

Performance:

• The area under the ROC curve was 0.70. The Hosmer-Lemeshow test p value was 0.35.

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GRASPS Score of Menon et al for Predicting Symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage after Stroke Thrombolysis

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