A new clinical score has been developed to identify patients with a high risk of early mortality after an ischemic stroke. Previous scores for stroke mortality have been developed, but these have ...

The information obtained from an NIHSS score can help guide treatment decisions, such as whether to administer thrombolytic therapy, which is clot-busting medication, or endovascular therapy ...

They evaluated 729 patients who had experienced a large-vessel occlusion stroke and whose median NIHSS score was 3. Results showed that early neurologic deterioration occurred in 96 patients (13.2%).

Early neurologic deterioration -- as measured by an increase of 2 or more points on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at 7 days -- occurred in fewer of those on DAPT (4.8% vs ...

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.

The proportion of patients with an increase in NIHSS score of 4 points or more in the first 72 hours was 4.2% among those treated with tirofiban and 13.2% among those treated with oral aspirin, a ...