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Neurocrit Care. 2019 Jun;30:60-78. doi: 10.1007/s12028-019-00728-1.

Common Data Elements for Radiological Imaging of Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Proposal of a Multidisciplinary Research Group.

Neurocritical care

Katharina A M Hackenberg, Nima Etminan, Max Wintermark, Philip M Meyers, Giuseppe Lanzino, Daniel Rüfenacht, Timo Krings, John Huston, Gabriel Rinkel, Colin Derdeyn,

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany. [email protected].
  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
  3. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
  4. Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  5. Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  6. Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland.
  7. Division of Neuroradiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  8. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  9. Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  10. Departments of Radiology and Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

PMID: 31115823 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00728-1

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Lack of homogeneous definitions for imaging data and consensus on their relevance in the setting of subarachnoid hemorrhage and unruptured intracranial aneurysms lead to a difficulty of data pooling and lack of robust data. The aim of the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm (UIA) and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) Common Data Elements (CDE) Project was to standardize data elements to ultimately facilitate data pooling and establish a more robust data quality in future neurovascular research on UIA and SAH.

METHODS: For the subcommittee 'Radiological imaging of SAH,' international cerebrovascular specialists with imaging expertise in the setting of SAH were selected by the steering committee. CDEs were developed after reviewing the literature on neuroradiology and already existing CDEs for other neurological diseases. For prioritization, the CDEs were classified into 'Core,' 'Supplemental-Highly Recommended,' 'Supplemental' and 'Exploratory.'

RESULTS: The subcommittee compiled 136 CDEs, 100 out of which were derived from previously established CDEs on ischemic stroke and 36 were newly created. The CDEs were assigned to four main categories (several CDEs were assigned to more than one category): 'Parenchymal imaging' with 42 CDEs, 'Angiography' with 49 CDEs, 'Perfusion imaging' with 20 CDEs, and 'Transcranial doppler' with 55 CDEs. The CDEs were classified into core, supplemental highly recommended, supplemental and exploratory elements. The core CDEs were imaging modality, imaging modality type, imaging modality vessel, angiography type, vessel angiography arterial anatomic site and imaging vessel angiography arterial result.

CONCLUSIONS: The CDEs were established based on the current literature and consensus across cerebrovascular specialists. The use of these CDEs will facilitate standardization and aggregation of imaging data in the setting of SAH. However, the CDEs may require reevaluation and periodic adjustment based on current research and improved imaging quality and novel modalities.

Keywords: Common data elements; Data standardization; Digital subtraction angiography; Imaging; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Unruptured intracranial aneurysms

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