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.

Honolulu, Hawaii — The more severe a child's stroke, the more intense the subsequent changes in behavior and the higher the level of depressive symptoms, a new study has found. Other factors ...

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 ...

In addition, the severity of stroke was higher when the stroke was paired with COVID-19 exposure compared with those who did not have COVID-19 exposure (NIH Stroke Scale scores: COVID-19, 9.7; no ...

People who are able to cross their legs soon after having a severe stroke appear to be ... both groups were given a score using the NIH Stroke Scale, which predicts outcome and severity of stroke.