National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Correlates Well with Initial Intracerebral Hemorrhage Volume

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) currently publicly reports hospital-quality, risk-adjusted mortality measure for ischemic stroke but not intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The NIHSS, which is captured in CMS administrative claims data, is a candidate metric for use in ICH risk adjustment and has been shown to predict clinical outcome with accuracy similar to the ICH Score. Correlation between early NIHSS and initial ICH volume would further support use of the NIHSS for ICH risk adjustment.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 10, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Salman Farooq, Kristina Shkirkova, Pablo Villablanca, Nerses Sanossian, David S. Liebeskind, Sidney Starkman, Gilda Avila, Latisha Sharma, May Kim-Tenser, Suzie Gasparian, Marc Eckstein, Robin Conwit, Scott Hamilton, Jeffrey L. Saver Tags: Original Article Source Type: research