In this installment of the Paucis Verbis (In a Few Words) e-card series, here is the NIHSS scoresheet.
Score 0 No stroke
Score 1-4 Minor stroke
Score 5-15 Moderate stroke
Score 16-20 Moderate-severe stroke
Score 21-42 Severe stroke
Paucis Verbis card: NIH Stroke Scale
Patients present with acute strokes to the Emergency Department. Time is of the essence to obtain a rapid neurologic exam, draw labs, get CT imaging, and consulting a neurologist especially if the patient presents within 3 hours of onset. To help the neurologist determine whether the patient should get thrombolytics, calculating a NIH Stroke Scale score is useful.
In this installment of the Paucis Verbis (In a Few Words) e-card series, here is the NIHSS scoresheet.
Score 0 No stroke
Score 1-4 Minor stroke
Score 5-15 Moderate stroke
Score 16-20 Moderate-severe stroke
Score 21-42 Severe stroke
In this installment of the Paucis Verbis (In a Few Words) e-card series, here is the NIHSS scoresheet.
Score 0 No stroke
Score 1-4 Minor stroke
Score 5-15 Moderate stroke
Score 16-20 Moderate-severe stroke
Score 21-42 Severe stroke