NIHSS

Assessment of neurological deficit by NIHSS score

The program allows you to conduct a rapid assessment of the severity of neurological deficits in stroke scales with the National Institutes of Health Stroke.

Key features:

- The calculation of the minimum number of clicks

- Pictures for the diagnosis of aphasia

- Themes

- Export results (Available only in the full version)

- The proper support for devices with different screen sizes (including tablet PC) has been done

- Ability to manually change the language of the program

The application is available in the following languages:

- English

- Russian

- German

- Spanish

- Portuguese

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Example of detailed test report:

Patient's ID: Smith J.

Date & Time: 01/02/2013 00:14

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Test: NIHSS

ANSWERS:

Level of Consciousness: 2. Not alert; Only responsive to repeated or strong and painful stimuli

Level of Consciousness: Questions: 1. Answers one question correctly

Level of Consciousness: Commands: 1. Performs one task correctly

Best Gaze: 1. Partial gaze palsy; gaze is abnormal in one or both eyes, but forced deviation or total gaze paresis is not present

Visual: tests visual fields: 2. Complete hemianopia

Facial Palsy: 2. Partial paralysis (total or near-total paralysis of lower face)

Motor Right Arm: 2. Some effort against gravity; limb maintain 90 (or 45) degrees, drifts down

Motor Left Arm: 2. Some effort against gravity; limb maintain 90 (or 45) degrees, drifts down

Motor Right Leg: 2. Some effort against gravity; leg falls to bed by 5 seconds

Motor Left Leg: 2. Some effort against gravity; leg falls to bed by 5 seconds

Limb Ataxia: 2. Present in two limbs

Sensory: 1. Mild-to-Moderate sensory loss; patient feels the pinprick, however he or she feels as if it is duller on one side

Best Language: 2. Severe aphasia; all speech is fragmented, and examiner is unable to extract the figure's content from the patients speech

Dysarthria: 2. Severe dysarthria; speech is so slurred that he or she cannot be understood, or patients that cannot produce any speech

Extinction and Inattention: 1. Visual, tactile, auditory, spatial, or personal inattention

RESULTS:

25 points on the NIHSS. Severe stroke.

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Any suggestions, inquiries, and requests for adding other languages are welcomed by e-mail to drchernj@gmail.com with the "Android-NIHSS" mark in the subject line.

Please, help us to make the application available in your own language.