Functional Outcome in Patients With Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage (FUNC) Score
Identifies patients with ICH who will attain functional independence and assists in clinical decision-making.
Use when the diagnosis of ICH is made, NOT as a continuously changing marker of neurologic status as GCS is used. Use only in patients with primary ICH. Do not use in patients with ICH from trauma, conversion from ischemic stroke, supratherapeutic INR (see Evidence section for full exclusion criteria).
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Natalia S. Rost, MD, is a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. She is also the chief of the stroke division at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Rost’s research interests and expertise include neuroimaging of cerebrovascular disease, genetics and genomics of stroke, and outcome prediction in patients with acute stroke.
- Nikhil Patel, MD