The canadian neurological scale and the NIHSS: Development and validation of a simple conversion model

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-126

  Nilanont, Yongchai ^a   Komoltri, Chulaluk ^a   Saposnik, Gustavo ^b   Côté, Robert ^c   Di Legge, Silvia ^e   Jin, Yaping ^d   Prayoonwiwat, Naraporn ^a   Poungvarin, Niphon ^a   Hachinski, Vladimir ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Canadian Neurological Scale; Conversion model; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Neurological scales; Stroke severity assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADIAN NEUROLOGICAL SCALE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLE CONVERSION MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952513178     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314715     Document Type: Article

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