Researchers have found in a new study that elevated D-dimer levels and higher NIHSS scores were found to strongly predict ...

Lastly, an exploratory analysis was undertaken excluding patients with TIAs and minor stroke (defined as National Institute of Health Stroke Score (NIHSS) <2 ... functional disability (pre-stroke ...

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 ...

Although the goal for NIHSS completion rate was not met, we believe the project was successful. The NIHSS has been integrated successfully into standard nursing practice in assessments of acute ...

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year ...

Civil defence authorities across India conducted large-scale mock drills on Wednesday, May 7, as part of 'Operation Abhyas', a nationwide emergency preparedness exercise directed by the Ministry of ...

Blogging Stroke highlights high-impact studies published in the journal Stroke. In addition to article summaries, Blogging Stroke includes interviews with authors of recently published Stroke articles ...

Normal stool is in the middle of the chart, in the 3 to 4 range of a scale that goes from 1 for harder stool to ... to your bowel habits and the new score at your next visit. A modified version of the ...