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., ...

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 ...

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States and a major cause of death both ...

Although the definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has undergone numerous revisions aimed at enhancing its ...

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 majority of the CaWs were symptomatic (72.9%) with a mean National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) admission score of 7.5. Atherosclerotic plaques and intramural thrombi were each ...

Stroke severity was assessed using the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score. Stroke subtypes were classified according to the TOAST (Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment) ...

For the present study, additional exclusion criteria were as follows: prestroke modified Rankin Scale score of >2 (n=260); acute infection ... gender, admission NIHSS scores, reperfusion therapy, ...

Further study is needed on stroke prevention in MABI cases caused by SAD alone. ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient DWI, diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging MABI, multiple acute brain ...