Diagnostic Yield of Universal Urine Toxicology Screening in an Unselected Cohort of Stroke Patients.

BACKGROUND:Illicit drug use increases the risk of cerebrovascular events by a variety of mechanisms. A recent report suggested that universal urine toxicology (UTox) screening of patients with stroke may be warranted. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield of urine drug screening among unselected...

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Main Authors: Rizwan Kalani, Eric M Liotta, Shyam Prabhakaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4686022?pdf=render