NIH Stroke Scale

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NIH Stroke Scale Instructions Administer Stroke Scale items in the 1a Instructions Level of Consciousness Scale Definition order listed. Record performance in each category after each subscale exam. Do not go back and change scores. Level of Consciousness: The investigator must choose a response if a full evaluation is prevented by such 0 Alert; keenly responsive. Follow directions provided for each Not alert; but arousable by minor exam technique. Scores should reflect what the patient does, not what the obstacles as an endotracheal tube, language barrier, orotracheal trauma/bandages. A 3 is scored only if the patient makes no movement 1 stimulation to obey, answer, or respond. clinician thinks the patient can do.

remaining eye are scored. Score 1 only if a clear-cut asymmetry, including quadrantanopia, is found. If patient is blind from any cause, score 3. Double simultaneous stimulation is performed at this point. If there is extinction, patient receives a 1, and the results are used to respond to item 11. Scale Definition . Visual . 0 . No visual loss. 1

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