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., ...

China: A recent cross-sectional study published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment has highlighted the high prevalence ...

Half of the patients (51.3%) had a mild stroke (rating of 0-5 on the NIH Stroke Scale [NIHSS]), 32.3% had a stroke of moderate severity (NIHSS rating 6-13) and 16.5% had a severe stroke (NIHSS ...

US Acute Care Solutions (USACS) has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine) to implement the ‘dizziNIHSS’ initiative across the latter’s Philadelphia ...

History of fluctuation in severity or change in symptoms from onset to initial evaluation was obtained on admission and in-hospital worsening was assessed with the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS).