A Risk Score for In-Hospital Death in Patients Admitted With Ischemic or Hemorrhagic Stroke [Stroke]

Conclusions
A single prediction score for all stroke types can be used to predict risk of in-hospital death following stroke admission. Incorporation of NIHSS information substantially improves this predictive accuracy.

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - January 28, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Smith, E. E., Shobha, N., Dai, D., Olson, D. M., Reeves, M. J., Saver, J. L., Hernandez, A. F., Peterson, E. D., Fonarow, G. C., Schwamm, L. H. Tags: Stroke Source Type: research