The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is accepted as the definitive ... and routinely use a validated and standardized tool for neurologic assessment in combination with ...

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 ...

Symptoms were minor when participants had a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stroke Scale ≤5 at assessment and were expected to be discharged or spend no more than one night in hospital. Predefined ...

Worst pain intensity during the previous 48 hours was assessed on a visual analogue scale (VAS), range 0 to 100: a score of 0 to 30 was defined as no or mild pain; 40 to 100 as moderate to severe pain ...

P=0.002), and higher NIH Stroke Scale (19 vs 16, P=0.001). Baseline mRS was associated with absolute 90-day mRS ≤2 (OR=0.509, 95%CI=0.370–0.700). However, baseline mRS bore no association with ...