However, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is the most popular neurological examination tool to assess and quantify the severity of stroke symptoms. It consists of 11 items ...

The NIHSS has been introduced in the emergency department and the intensive care unit as the hospital standard for stroke assessment. Standardizing the NIHSS as the assessment tool for all stroke ...

Designed to enhance diagnosis of posterior strokes, this innovative approach reminds clinicians to perform the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS ... as a key diagnostic tool to identify strokes that ...

investigated assessment of collaterals on CT angiography source images as a predictive tool in ischemic stroke ... worsening was assessed with the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS). In patients with ...

Rapid distinction between stroke and non-stroke is crucial to maximize early treatment benefits, but can be a challenge to emergency room (ER) physicians who do not specialize in stroke care as ...

During the first quarter of 2003, the NIHSS was presented to unit staff nurses by the nurse manager as a tool for comprehensive and concise neurological assessment of stroke patients and for clear ...