Patients who were successfully reperfused and achieved good functional outcomes after ischemic stroke still reported diminished quality of life 6 years later, mainly emotional problems, a study shows.

The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a well-validated, reliable scoring system for use specifically with stroke patients (Goldstein, Bertels, & Davis, 1989; Lyden et al., 1999).

For Medicare beneficiaries with acute ischemic stroke, the NIH Stroke Scale provided substantial prognostic information regarding 30-day mortality risk, according to recent study results. “There ...

Among patients with a mild-to-moderate acute noncardioembolic ischemic stroke (NIHSS score ≤5) or TIA who were not undergoing intravenous or endovascular thrombolysis, the risk of the composite ...

Nguyen presented the results at ISC on their behalf. Previous research has supported DAPT in patients with minor stroke (NIH Stroke Scale/Score or NIHSS ≤5), Nguyen noted.

Tenecteplase therapy that was initiated 4.5 to 24 hours after stroke onset in patients with occlusions of the middle cerebral artery or internal carotid artery, most of whom had undergone ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is accepted as the definitive clinical examination to assess stroke severity. This project examined barriers ...