Los Angeles Motor Scale to Identify Large Vessel Occlusion [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—The LAMS performed in the field by paramedics identifies LVO and CSC-appropriate patients with good accuracy. The LAMS performs comparably or better than more extended prehospital scales and the full National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.

Source: Stroke - February 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Ali Reza Noorian, Nerses Sanossian, Kristina Shkirkova, David S. Liebeskind, Marc Eckstein, Samuel J. Stratton, Franklin D. Pratt, Robin Conwit, Fiona Chatfield, Latisha K. Sharma, Lucas Restrepo, Miguel Valdes-Sueiras, May Kim-Tenser, Sidney Starkman, Je Tags: Intracranial Hemorrhage, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research