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 ...

The median score on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale was 3 (interquartile range, 2 to 6) (scores range from 0 to 42, with higher scores indicating greater neurologic deficit).

Intravenous thrombolysis in patients hospitalized for cervical artery dissection-related acute ischemic stroke increases the likelihood of home discharge.

There is also potential to link NIHSS scores to local, state, and national stroke registries for different types of stroke outcomes research. Since implementation of the project, our facility has ...