“NIHSS-Plus”: Improvement on National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale?

rebecca gottesmann NIHSS Plus: Improvement on National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale?

REBECCA GOTTESMAN, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

REFERENCE: Abstract 456
Two simple bedside tests could be added to the NIHSS to make it more accurate, researchers claim. The team from Johns Hopkins University evaluated a range of cognitive tests for stroke patients and found that two corresponded particularly well to the size of the stroke on MRI scan. Rebecca Gottesman spoke to Helen Morant about why she thinks the NIHSS needs changing.

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