The NIHSS-Plus: Improving Cognitive Assessment with the NIHSS

Rebecca F. Gottesman; Jonathan T. Kleinman; Cameron Davis; Jennifer Heidler-Gary; Melissa Newhart; Argye E. Hillis

doi:10.3233/BEN-2009-0259

Behavioural Neurology (Jan 2010)

The NIHSS-Plus: Improving Cognitive Assessment with the NIHSS

Rebecca F. Gottesman,
Jonathan T. Kleinman,
Cameron Davis,
Jennifer Heidler-Gary,
Melissa Newhart,
Argye E. Hillis

Affiliations

Rebecca F. Gottesman: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jonathan T. Kleinman: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD, USA
Cameron Davis: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jennifer Heidler-Gary: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD, USA
Melissa Newhart: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD, USA
Argye E. Hillis: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2009-0259
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 1-2
pp. 11 – 15

Abstract

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Background: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) has been criticized for limited representation of cognitive dysfunction and bias towards dominant hemisphere functions. Patients may therefore receive a low NIHSS score despite a fairly large stroke. A broader scale including simple cognitive tests would improve the clinical and research utility of the NIHSS.

Published in Behavioural Neurology

ISSN: 0953-4180 (Print); 1875-8584 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3037

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