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How many items on the NIH stroke scale? -:- 11 NIH Stroke scale is -:- an 11-item clinical evaluation instrument widely used in clinical trials and practice to assess neurologic outcome and degree of recovery from stroke. NIH Stroke Scale is used to quantify the effects of acute cerebral is...

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NIH Stroke Scale Questions & 100% Correct
Answers- Latest Test | Graded A+ | Passed
How many items on the NIH stroke scale?


✓ -:- 11




NIH Stroke scale is


✓ -:- an 11-item clinical evaluation instrument widely used in clinical trials and practice

to assess neurologic outcome and degree of recovery from stroke.




NIH Stroke Scale is used to quantify the effects of acute cerebral ischemia on levels of ... (7

items)


✓ -:- levels of:

consciousness


vision


motor function (facial and extremities)


cerebellar function


sensation


language


extinction or inattention


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NIH SS is used to measure patient's status after a stroke and to assess the outcome after


✓ -:- treatment




Should the patient be coached? Should you go back and rethink a particular assessment?


✓ -:- NO




Having what when using NIH scale is important?


✓ -:- reference materials




DO NOT RATE what you think the patient wants to do or what you think they can do, RATE

ONLY


✓ -:- rate only what they actually do




use patient"s first response?


✓ -:- YES - DO NOT USE SUMMARY OF RESPONSES




re ataxia score


1-if real weak, assume ataxia score is...



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2-if they can hold leg or arm up w/ minimal drift but are all over place when trying finger to

nose test, that's probably...


3) Important to know if ataxia is present or not and if present in _____ or _______ limbs


4) if patient very weak or paralyzed, the ataxia score is...


✓ -:- 1) 0

2) ataxia


3) 1 or 2


4) 0




You should only score loss of sensation if you can really demonstrate...


✓ -:- that they have loss of sensation




if patient has sensory loss from neuropathy, do you count thatt?


✓ -:- no, but you do if there's loss on top of the neuropathy




aphasia is difficult because it can take a while to go through the battery and it can be

subjective as to whether it is one of which classification?


✓ -:- mild, mod, severe




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start to recognise aphasia when you meet them and start talking and you don't get a

history of...


✓ -:- what happened




dysarthria is interesting because there are many cultural things about slurred ________?


✓ -:- speech.




Score is associated with prognosis?


✓ -:- YES




Is NIH scale a measure of disability?


✓ -:- NO. The NIH scale is a measure of impairments.




The NIH scale creates a common currency so that everybody understands the patient's

level of...


✓ -:- deficit, by giving a number that communicates to other professionals how sick

the patient is




how much time to budget to perorm NIH scale




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