Selma C. Kunitz

TL;DR: This paper describes the pilot Stroke Data Bank and presents the distribution of cases by diagnostic and demographic categories, which represents one of the largest series of prospectively collected stroke cases studied by CT and angiography.

TL;DR: The pilot phase of the National Traumatic Coma Data Bank provides data germane to questions of interest to neurosurgeons and to the lay public about severe non-penetrating traumatic head injury.

TL;DR: Interobserver reliability in obtaining neurologic histories and examinations was investigated among neurologists collaborating in the Stroke Data Bank and improvement in interobserver agreement due to data editing for intra-observer consistency was shown.

TL;DR: Reliable studies can rely on the independent diagnostic choices of several physicians when common definitions are employed and data from a completed workup are available, but reliability may be less for individual measurements such as signs or symptoms than for more-complex judgments such as diagnoses.

TL;DR: Interobserver reliability in interpretation of computed tomographic images was studied by six senior neurologists who independently evaluated on a standardized Stroke Data Bank form the brain lesions of 17 patients, yielding moderate to substantial agreement on most items of interest including the stroke pathology and anatomy.