Gattringer pointed out that the most important, most weighted variable was the NIHSS stroke score. "Patents with highest stroke severity on this scale scored 5 points — that's almost half the ...

Patients who experience an acute ischemic stroke and who have mild deficit, defined as National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score <6, but who are found to have a large-vessel ...

The rate of NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score increase of at least 2 points during that period was just 2.22% with the zero-degree head position compared with 55.32% in the heads-up group (P<0.001 ...

Patients underwent repeat NIHSS scoring every 10 minutes until the thrombectomy was performed, with a final NIHSS score assessed immediately before they were positioned on the surgical table.

Last year, the ARAMIS trial had shown that DAPT was noninferior to IV alteplase for people with minor nondisabling strokes, the median NIHSS score being 2 for this group. For the ATAMIS study ...