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 ...

The mean (±SD) NIHSS score for all patients in the trial was relatively high at 14.4±2.6. Most baseline clinical characteristics were well matched among the three groups, ...

NIHSS chief executive Professor Sarah Mosoetsa opened the conference by highlighting that despite the challenges it has experienced such as the passing of two NIHSS doctoral fellows, ...

There are a variety of stroke scales that doctors can use. However, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is the most popular neurological examination tool to assess and quantify ...

Education on the NIHSS was provided to the nurses in various forms: in-service sessions on the pathophysiology and neuroassessment of stroke by the unit's neuroscience clinical nurse specialist ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Current anticoagulant or antiplatelet use is not necessarily a contraindication for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to a stroke patient in the emergency department ...

Learn more about the NIHSS. Prehospital stroke assessment scales The purpose of a prehospital stroke assessment scale is to quickly and accurately identify people who may be experiencing a stroke.

Do you know what the NIH Stroke Scale is? 98: 100: Have you been instructed on how and when to use it? 74: 76: Have you ever used it before? 57: 97: Do you know where to find the materials? 51: ...