Introduction. The quality of inpatient care for stroke patients is a matter of national importance. More than 700,000 people in the United States experience a stroke every year, and as many as 30% ...

Using the risk score that didn't include the NIH stroke scale, the researchers predicted that the risk of death was 0.7 percent in the lowest category of risk, while the risk of death was 16.2 ...

US Acute Care Solutions ... Designed to enhance diagnosis of posterior strokes, this innovative approach reminds clinicians to perform the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), test of skew, ...

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 by ...

We would like to acknowledge the nursing staff members of the stroke/neurovascular unit at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. ... Do you know what the NIH Stroke Scale is? 98: 100: ...