The patient is discharged from hospital to an acute rehabilitation program. His NIH Stroke Score has decreased from 12 to 8. He is expected to remain in the program for about 2 weeks. Clinicians order both physical therapy and occupational therapy for 1 hour, 5 days/week, and speech therapy...
The NIH Stroke Scale tries to score how severe a stroke might be. It also monitors whether the person's stroke is improving or worsening as times passes as the patient is re-examined. There are 11 categories that are scored and include whether the patient is awake, can follow commands, ca...
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