Improved Early Postresuscitation EEG Activity for Animals Treated with Hypothermia Predicted 96 hr Neurological Outcome and Survival in a Rat Model of Cardiac Arrest
Table 1
Neurological deficit score (NDS) scale.
Category
Item
Score
Level of consciousness (spontaneous attention to environment and reaction to pinching of ear or tail)
Good attention and brisk response
0
Sluggish response and no attention
50
No response
100
Respiration (breathing frequency)
Normal or higher (over 80/min)
0
Decreased
50
Apnea
100
Cornea reflex (touch center of cornea with hemostat)
Brisk
0
Sluggish
20
Absent
40
Cranial reflex or gag reflex (stimulation with catheter)