Acute stroke severity
- Mild neurological dysfunction: NIHSS 0-5
- Moderate neurological dysfunction: NIHSS 6-14
- Severe neurological dysfunction: NIHSS ≥15
Stroke disability
- Fatal Stroke: death resulting from a stroke
- Stroke with disability: mRS score of ≥ 2 at 90 dayse
and increase of ≥1 from pre-stroke baseline
- Stroke without disability: mRS score of 0 (no symptoms) or
1 (able to carry out all usual duties and activities) at 90 dayse or no
increase in mRS category
from pre-stroke baseline