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Our study aims to identify the risk stratification score with the highest utility to identify patients at high risk for stroke within 90 days after a TIA. Methods: The MEDLINE and Scopus databases were systematically searched on 1 December 2023 for observational cohort studies assessing the ability of a score to predict a stroke within the first 90 days from the index TIA event. Only studies that had a direct comparison of at least two scores were included. A random-effects network meta-analysis was performed. Sensitivity and specificity, along with relevant 95% credible intervals, and between-score and between-study heterogeneity were estimated. We also estimated relative sensitivities and relative specificities compared with the ABCD2 score. We ranked each score according to its predictive accuracy based on both sensitivity and specificity estimates, using the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve. Results: Our systematic review highlighted 9 studies including 14 discrete cohorts. The performance of all scores to identify patients at high risk for stroke recurrence within 90 days following a TIA was low (pooled sensitivity range 48\u201364%, pooled specificity range 59\u201372%). In the network meta-analysis, we analyzed 6 studies with 11 discrete cohorts, including data from 8217 patients. The ABCD3-I score demonstrated the highest DOR, followed by the ESRS, ABCD, California, and ABCD2. The SROC curves demonstrate no significant differences in the performance of the scores, using the ABCD score as the common comparator. Conclusions: In this systematic review and network meta-analysis of observational cohort studies of patients who experienced TIA and were followed for the occurrence of subsequent stroke, we failed to identify a score performing significantly better for the prediction of stroke at 90 days. 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