Stroke Quick Score: a visual aid in scoring neurologic deficits for acute stroke with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
The 15-item National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale is depicted here as a single diagram with major categories of deficits placed into 3 separate functional groups with 7 points assigned to each, in addition to 4 points for motor deficits in each of 4 extremities. This simple composite visual aid, known as the Stroke Quick Score, may help in training stroke team members in the use of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
Meyer
Michael Andrew
MA
Neurology and Stroke Services, Erie Count Medical Center, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA. michaelandrewmeyer@yahoo.com
D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis*