Los Angeles Motor Scale to Identify Large Vessel Occlusion

2018129 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Ali Reza Noorian · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Nerses Sanossian · National Institutes of Health

Kristina Shkirkova · Stanford University

David S. Liebeskind · University of Southern California

Marc Eckstein · University of Southern California

Samuel J. Stratton · Orange County Healthcare Agency

Franklin D Pratt

Abstract

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.

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 49, Issue 3, pp. 565-572

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.019228

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