The Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroradiology Division employed an experience and evidence based approach to develop a neuroimaging algorithm to best select patients with severe ischemic strokes ...

Objective There are few longitudinal studies of poststroke emotionalism (PSE) and our understanding of the psychological associations of PSE is limited, constraining assessment of existing ...

The NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is an attractive candidate predictor of disposition because it is widely used, is easily learned, and can be performed rapidly on admission. Methods— We present a ...

The mean ± SD score on NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was 6.6 ± 6.9, 5.3 ± 6.1, and 7.2 ± 8.3. Among them, 171 (33.5%) patients in the internal retrospective group, 69 (39.4%) patients in the external ...

Numerous studies indicate that a good outcome (no functional deficits) can be expected in one-third to one-half of children with AIS without any intervention. 86,98 In children, initial stroke ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted established care paths worldwide. Patient awareness of the pandemic and executive limitations imposed on public life have changed the perception of when ...

Background Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is an important complication of stroke. Guidelines recommend that DVT prophylaxis should be guided by an assessment of the individual patient's risk. The authors ...

Objective To develop an NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)-compatible, all-in-one scale for rapid and comprehensive prehospital stroke assessment including stroke recognition, severity grading and progression ...

Similarly, Chen et al. studied patients with AIS with abnormal glucose metabolism and reported that HUK significantly reduced the NIH Stroke Scale scores in these patients. However, there was no ...