In addition, both groups were given a score using the NIH Stroke Scale, which predicts outcome and severity of stroke. ... scoring an average of 6.5 on the stroke scale, ...

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.

Second, many providers fail to use stroke recognition tools like the NIH Stroke Scale or the FAST checklist, designed to standardize care. When they’re ignored or applied incorrectly, patients ...

In 1991, research nurse Karen Rapp was hired by the UC San Diego Stroke Center to oversee a new clinical trial. The goal: to ...

Nature Reviews Cardiology - Can the ROSIER scale diagnose patients with stroke accurately in the emergency department?

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 ...

Patients had an NIH Stroke Scale ... for an average of 10 days. The trial demonstrated a 7.9% absolute risk reduction for the primary efficacy end point in favor of enoxaparin.