Nurses on the stroke/neurovascular unit at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (PSVMC) in Portland, OR, care for approximately 500 stroke patients per year. Nursing staff members used the ...

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

Standardized scales like the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) provide objective measurement of stroke severity, guiding treatment decisions and establishing a baseline for ...

The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale is used globally to rate neurological deficits in patients with acute stroke. Originally designed for research use, the scale uses idiosyncratic scoring ...

The long-term benefits of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for basilar artery occlusion (BAO) in patients with low National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores upon admission remain unclear. This ...

Demographic, clinical, angiographic, and clinical outcome data (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score at 24 hours and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score at 3 months) were compared. The first ...

The mean age was 70 years, and the median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 9. The first pass effect (FPE) rate was 57% (primary) and 61% (secondary). Successful ...

Methods 15 patients (mean age 60.6 years, mean National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 2.25) and 10 age matched control subjects (mean age 63.3 years) participated in the study. We ...

He had a worsening right hemiparesis with a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 18. A CT perfusion scan was performed, which revealed a core infarct volume of 53 mL with ...

In terms of outcomes, the following criteria were considered: the outcome indicators are mortality, the rate of favorable effect (it was evaluated by the modified Rankin Scale score (mRS) or National ...

12 weeks minimum poststroke and finished formal rehabilitation for their arm, that is, National Health Service ... reliability in chronic stroke patients.39 The MCID is 1.0–1.1.40 A higher score on ...