National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - best language score

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National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - best language score
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NINDS
Definition:
Language ability assessed using the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Registration Status:
Qualified

Permissible Values:

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Value List
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Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
0 No aphasia, normal No aphasia, normal
1 Mild to moderate aphasia: some obvious loss of fluency or facility of comprehension, without significant limitation on ideas expressed or form of expression. Reduction of speech and/or comprehension, however, makes conversation about provided material difficult or impossible. For example in conversation about provided materials examiner can identify picture or naming card from patient's response. Mild to moderate aphasia: some obvious loss of fluency or facility of comprehension, without significant limitation on ideas expressed or form of expression. Reduction of speech and/or comprehension, however, makes conversation about provided material difficult or impossible. For example in conversation about provided materials examiner can identify picture or naming card from patient's response.
2 Severe aphasia: all communication is through fragmentary expression, great need for inference, questioning, and guessing by the listener. Range of information that can be exchanged is limited: listener carries burden of communication. Examiner cannot identify materials provided from patient response. Severe aphasia: all communication is through fragmentary expression, great need for inference, questioning, and guessing by the listener. Range of information that can be exchanged is limited: listener carries burden of communication. Examiner cannot identify materials provided from patient response.
3 Mute, global aphasia: no usable speech or auditory comprehension. Mute, global aphasia: no usable speech or auditory comprehension.

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Designation:
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - best language score
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Designations:

Definition:
Language ability assessed using the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
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Document:
Brott, T., H.P. Adams Jr., C.P. Olinger, J.R. Marler, W.G. Barsan, J. Biller, J. Spilker, R. Holleran, R. Eberle, V. Hertzberg, M. Rorick, C.J. Moomaw, and M. Walker (1989) Measurements of acute cerebral infarction: a clinical examination scale. Stroke, 20, 964-970. http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/20/7/864.full.pdf

Identifiers:

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NLM
Id:
p5NDhstd77v
Version:
3.1
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NINDS
Id:
C13242
Version:
3
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BRICS Variable Name
Id:
NIHSSBestLangScore
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