ROSIER (Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room)

Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room scale (Nor 2005).

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Loss of consciousness / syncope
No
Seizure activity
No
New asymmetric facial weakness
No
New asymmetric arm weakness
No
New asymmetric leg weakness
No
Speech disturbance
No
Visual field defect
No

Result: ROSIER 0: low probability of stroke on the ROSIER threshold (score <= 0 per Nor 2005). Investigate stroke mimics (seizure, syncope) but stroke is not fully excluded; use clinical judgment.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

<= 0
Low probability of stroke on the ROSIER threshold. Investigate stroke mimics; stroke is not fully excluded.
> 0
Stroke is likely (Nor 2005 sensitivity 93% / specificity 83%). Activate the stroke pathway per local protocol.

What you enter

  • Loss of consciousness / syncope (-1)
  • Seizure activity (-1)
  • New asymmetric facial weakness (+1)
  • New asymmetric arm weakness (+1)
  • New asymmetric leg weakness (+1)
  • Speech disturbance (+1)
  • Visual field defect (+1)
How this is calculated

Nor AM, Davis J, Sen B, Shipsey D, Louw SJ, Dyker AG, Davis M, Ford GA. The Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room (ROSIER) scale: development and validation of a stroke recognition instrument. Lancet Neurol. 2005;4(11):727-734. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.