From MedPage Today:
It takes less than a minute to complete, they said, and is based on scale of 0 to 10 points derived from several factors (bold letters spell DRAGON):
- (Hyper)Dense cerebral artery sign/early infarct signs on admission CT scan
- Prestroke modified Rankin scale
- Age
- Glucose levels at baseline
- Onset-to-treatment time
- Baseline National Institutes of Health stroke scale score
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