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For Medicare beneficiaries with acute ischemic stroke, the NIH Stroke Scale provided substantial prognostic information regarding 30-day mortality risk, according to recent study results.

The researchers randomly assigned 760 patients (median age, 64 years; 31% women) with minor nondisabling acute ischemic stroke — defined as NIH Stroke Scale score of 5 or less, plus 1 point or ...

Her NIH stroke scale score had decreased from 24 to 4, which indicated a mild residual neurological deficit and represented a dramatic improvement relative to her initial presentation.