Successful Implementation of the NIH Stroke Scale - Page 2
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., 1999).
Successful Implementation of the NIH Stroke Scale - Page 4
Care of all new stroke patients continued to be reviewed through daily interdisciplinary stroke rounds. The bedside RN was asked for the NIHSS score, and any inconsistencies with other assessments ...
Simple Tool Predicts Target Mismatch in Ischemic Stroke - Medscape
Mar 17, 2017 · Patients had a mean age of 61 years; 61% were male. Their mean NIHSS score was 14.1, and the median follow-up modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score was 3.
Successful Implementation of the NIH Stroke Scale - Page 6
Cite this: Successful Implementation of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale on a Stroke/Neurovascular Unit - Medscape - Sep 01, 2006. Abstract and Introduction Literature Review
Successful Implementation of the NIH Stroke Scale - Medscape
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 ...
Opening the 6-Hour Thrombolysis Window? - Medscape
Jul 11, 2012 · Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener discusses the IST-3 study looking at the risks and benefits of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator within 6 hours of acute stroke.
Tenecteplase Non-inferior to Alteplase in Stroke: ATTEST-2
Oct 20, 2023 · Early neurological recovery was similar in the two groups with a reduction in the NIH Stroke Scale score from admission to 24 hours of 3 points in both groups. In terms of safety, there were no ...
Potential Blood Biomarkers for Stroke - Page 5 - Medscape
Montaner et al. showed that MMP-9 level was increasingly correlated to the NIH Stroke Score at different time points. Other different studies, following the same line of work, identified ...
Zinc Chelation Does Not Affect Stroke Outcome - Medscape
Feb 12, 2013 · The phase 3 trial was restricted to patients with acute hemispheric ischemic stroke who had not been treated with tissue plasminogen activator; had a baseline NIHSS score of 10 to 16; and showed ...
Lying Flat Shows Big Benefit in LVO Stroke - Medscape
Feb 8, 2024 · The NIHSS score was also measured at 24 hours after thrombectomy and at 7 days/hospital discharge. Results at these time points again showed a greater benefit in the zero degree group than in the ...