Field Validation of the Los Angeles Motor Scale as a Tool for Paramedic Assessment of Stroke Severity

201740 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Joon‐Tae Kim · Sungkyunkwan University

Pil‐Wook Chung · New York City Fire Department

Sidney Starkman · New York City Fire Department

Nerses Sanossian · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Samuel J. Stratton · University of California, Los Angeles

Marc Eckstein · Kangbuk Samsung Hospital

Frank Pratt

Abstract

In this multicenter, prospective, prehospital study, the LAMS showed good to excellent convergent, divergent, and predictive validity, further establishing it as a validated instrument to characterize stroke severity in the field.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Stroke

Volume 48, Issue 2, pp. 298-306

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.116.015247

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