Description

This app is intended for bedside use for acute stroke thrombolysis by clinicians. The features available include:
- Entry and storage of basic patient details
- Thrombolysis Check List
- NIH Stroke Scale Calculator
- Dose Calculator
- Modified Rankin Scale Calculator
- Entry and storage of follow up visit details
- Formatted HTML Reports can be generated, sent & printed
- Individual patient details can also be shared by SMS or other available messaging options, hence the app is also ready to be used as a Telestroke accessory tool.
- The patient list with all details can be exported to a spreadsheet compatible CSV file for sharing / research.

The app contains medical information from the following sources. 1) NIH Stroke scale - from the National Institutes of Health, available online at http://www.ninds.nih.gov/doctors/NIH_Stroke_Scale.pdf. 2) The modified Rankin Scale, commonly used for disability measurement, and widely available online see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Rankin_Scale and http://www.strokecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/modified_rankin.pdf
The rest including checklist for stroke thrombolysis and dose calculator are based on internationally accepted IV Stroke thrombolysis guidelines and published clinlical trials trials like http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/94/5/1167.full http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199512143332401 and http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0804656

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