LOINC long common name : TOAST Classification of subtypes of acute ischemic stroke;
LOINC short name : TOAST Classification;
LOINC description : A systematic way of diagnosing the sub-types of ischemic stroke was developed as part
of the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST). Intervention for stroke
patients must occur quickly and sometimes before diagnostic testing can be completed,
and the TOAST classification gives clinicians a way to categorize the probable stroke
sub-type based on clinical and imaging findings before definitive diagnostic testing
is completed. [PMID:7678184] Since its publication in 1993, the TOAST classification
has been used extensively in research and especially therapeutic studies related to
stroke. In addition, its classification of probable small versus large vessel disease
may help guide treatment decisions. [PMID: 16146496];
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