The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a well-validated, reliable scoring system for use specifically with stroke patients (Goldstein, Bertels, & Davis, 1989; Lyden et al., ...

Posterior strokes often go undetected as they do not exhibit traditional stroke symptoms ... increase in the use of NIHSS for atypical neurological symptoms in USACS-staffed emergency departments ...

The history should first identify the patient's demographics (age, sex, and race), and then the time of the patient's last normal neurologic examination, symptoms of presenting illness ...

The new collaboration aims to transform stroke diagnosis and care ... has increased use of the NIHSS for atypical neurological symptoms at USACS-staffed emergency departments, from 17% to 73% ...

History of fluctuation in severity or change in symptoms from onset to initial evaluation was obtained on admission and in-hospital worsening was assessed with the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS).