stroke mimics. (HealthDay News) — Prehospital measurement of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) can rapidly differentiate intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) from ischemic stroke (IS) and stroke ...

For the study, prehospital blood samples were collected ... deficit strokes (NIHSS [The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale] > 6), a GFAP value of below 30 pg/mL could be used to exclude ...