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PLAN Score calculator

Enter the published formula inputs below to calculate and interpret this score.

Clinical inputs

years

Allowed range: 0–120 years

Quick picks

One point for each decade of age, capped at 10. Ages 40–49 score 4. Ages 100 and older score 10.

Dependent before this stroke
Cancer
Congestive heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Reduced level of consciousness
Significant or total arm weakness

Mild weakness does not score. Significant or total weakness in the proximal or distal limb scores.

Significant or total leg weakness

Mild weakness does not score. Significant or total weakness in the proximal or distal limb scores.

Aphasia or neglect

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Clinical inputs

  • Age (years)Accepted range: 0 to 120
  • Dependent before this stroke
  • Cancer
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Reduced level of consciousness
  • Significant or total arm weakness
  • Significant or total leg weakness
  • Aphasia or neglect

Primary source

O'Donnell MJ et al. The PLAN score: a bedside prediction rule for death and severe disability following acute ischemic stroke. Arch Intern Med. DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.30. PMID: 23147454. Preadmission dependence 1.5, cancer 1.5, heart failure 1, atrial fibrillation 1. Reduced consciousness 5. Age is 1 point per decade, maximum 10, scored here as the decade of age (floor of years/10) and capped at 10. Significant or total arm weakness 2, significant or total leg weakness 2, aphasia or neglect 1. Maximum 25. In the validation cohort, a score under 10 and a score over 15 separated very different rates of death or severe dependence at discharge. (2012)

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