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Term Description

The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is a commonly used scale for measuring the degree of disability or dependence in the daily activities of people who have suffered a stroke or other causes of neurological disability, and it has become the most widely used clinical outcome measure for stroke clinical trials. It was originally introduced in 1957 by Dr. John Rankin of Stobhill Hospital Glasgow, Scotland, PMID: 13432835 and first modified to its currently accepted form by Prof. C. Warlow's group at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh for use in the UK-TIA study in the late 1980s. PMID: 1783914

The scale runs from 0-6, running from perfect health without symptoms to death.
0 - No symptoms.
1 - No significant disability. Able to carry out all usual activities, despite some symptoms.
2 - Slight disability. Able to look after own affairs without assistance, but unable to carry out all previous activities.
3 - Moderate disability. Requires some help, but able to walk unassisted.
4 - Moderately severe disability. Unable to attend to own bodily needs without assistance, and unable to walk unassisted.
5 - Severe disability. Requires constant nursing care and attention, bedridden, incontinent.
6 - Dead.

The mRS-9Q is in the public domain and a free web calculator is available at www.modifiedrankin.com.
Source: Wikipedia

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Modified rankin scale
Property
Score
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Ord
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
mRS

Preferred Answer List: LL3112-1

Source: National Institutes of Health
Answer Code Score Answer ID
0

No symptoms

 0 LA6111-4
1

No significant disability despite symptoms; able to carry out all usual duties and activities

 1 LA6112-2
2 or more

Slight disability; unable to carry out all previous activities, but able to look after own affairs without assistance

 2 LA6113-0
3

Moderate disability; requiring some help, but able to walk without assistance

 3 LA6114-8
4

Moderately severe disability; unable to walk without assistance and unable to attend to own bodily needs without assistance

 4 LA6115-5
5

Severe disability; bedridden, incontinent and requiring constant nursing care and attention

 5 LA10137-0
6

Dead

 6 LA10138-8

Basic Attributes

Class
CLIN
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.50
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Order vs. Observation
Both
Common Test Rank Get Info
10746

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Escala de rankin modificada:Puntaje:Punto temporal:^ Paciente:Ordinal:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Scala Rankin modificata:Punteggio:Pt:^Paziente:Ord:
Synonyms: Clinico paziente Punto nel tempo (episodio)
zh-CN Chinese (China) 改良兰金量表:评分:时间点:^患者:序数型:
Synonyms: 依次型;分类顺序型;定性的;序数型（或称等级型）;性质上的;有序型;有序性分类应答;有序性分类结果;秩次型;等级型;筛查;顺序型 分值;得分;分数 医疗服务对象;客户;病人;病患;病号;超系统 - 病人 改良 Rankin 量表;mRS;改良雷氏量表;改良 Rankin 评分 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间

Example Units

Unit Source
{score} Example UCUM Units

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=75859-9