NIH stroke scale
Encyclopedia
NIH stroke scale is a scale developed by NINDS that communicates several different neurological deficits upon a single axis, represented by a score from 0 to 30.
A score of more than approximately 25 indicates a large stroke, and a score of less than 4 may still indicate a small stroke.
A score of more than approximately 25 indicates a large stroke, and a score of less than 4 may still indicate a small stroke.
External links
- http://www.ninds.nih.gov/doctors/NIH_Stroke_Scale.pdf
- http://strokecenter.stanford.edu/scales/nihss.html