Categorization of Ischemic Stroke Patients Compared with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

2016-04-01T15-14-12Z
Source: Medical Archives
Mario Marendic, Ana Repic Bulicic, Tonka Borovina, Nikolina Ivica Mise, Rinaldo Romac, Enra Suljic, Marina Titlic, and Marina Milosevic.
Introduction: Scientific guidelines recommend the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) for ischemic stroke (IS) assessment. In Clinical Department of Neurology of Split University Hospital Center nurses use the categorization of patients (COP) according to individual needs for health care. Aim: The aim of this study was to demonstrate that there is a positive correlation between the COP and the NIHSS in IS patients. Methods: We analyzed NIHSS scores and COP findings in 325 participants (median age 77 years, min-max: 37-95 years) with acute ISs. Results: There is a statistically significant correlation between the NIHSS score at admission and COP at admission (ρ=0.717; P


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