Paused anticoagulation in AF stroke was linked to younger thrombi, suggesting a possible rebound effect influencing clot ...

Charge nurses and unit secretaries encouraged staff nurses to use the NIHSS form when admitting a stroke patient.

The effects and risks of the use of intravenous thrombolysis between 4.5 and 24 hours after the onset of a posterior circulation ischemic stroke are not well studied.

All referred patients included in the development dataset were assessed by either a senior member of the stroke team or a research neurologist certified to use the NIH STROKE SCALE (NIHSS).

For Medicare beneficiaries with acute ischemic stroke, the NIH Stroke Scale provided substantial prognostic information regarding 30-day mortality risk, according to recent study results. “There ...

Intravenous thrombolysis is a standard treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The efficacy and safety of combining intravenous thrombolysis with argatroban (an anticoagulant agent) or eptifibatide (an ...

She had an NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 21 (severe). This patient was started on intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) within 80 minutes of symptom onset.

Transplantation of neural stem cells improved neurologic and motor function for adults with chronic ischemic stroke at 12 months, according to a study presented at the International Stroke ...

Stroke specialists conducted emergency clinical assessments with all patients, including the NIH Stroke Scale which is used to measure stroke severity. MRI was done prior to CT in 304 patients.

The 2003 baseline data for NIHSS completion were assembled by the nurses who coordinated the stroke rounds. Most of the interventions were completed during the fourth quarter of 2004.