Derivation and External Validation of a Case Mix Model for the Standardized Reporting of 30-Day Stroke Mortality Rates [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
We have derived and externally validated 2 models to predict mortality in unselected patients with acute stroke using commonly collected clinical variables. In settings where the ability to record the full NIHSS on admission is limited, the level of consciousness component of the NIHSS provides a good approximation of the full NIHSS for mortality prediction.

Source: Stroke - October 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Bray, B. D., Campbell, J., Cloud, G. C., Hoffman, A., James, M., Tyrrell, P. J., Wolfe, C. D. A., Rudd, A. G., on behalf of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party Group Tags: Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research