title: Stroke Quick Score: a visual aid in scoring neurologic deficits for acute stroke with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurology and Stroke Services, Erie Count Medical Center, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA. michaelandrewmeyer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Michael Andrew
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis*