Interconversion of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and Scandinavian Stroke Scale in Acute Stroke

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).

Remote evaluation of acute ischemic stroke: reliability of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale via telestroke.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Despite Food and Drug Administration approval of tissue-type plasminogen activator for stroke, obstacles in the US healthcare system prevent its widespread use. The Remote Evaluation for Acute Ischemic Stroke (REACH) program was developed to address these issues in rural settings. A key component of stroke assessment in the REACH system is the National Institutes of Healt...

Picturing the Size and Site of Stroke With an Expanded National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) includes minimal assessment of cognitive function, particularly in right hemisphere (RH) stroke. Descriptions of the Cookie Theft picture from the NIHSS allow analyses that (1) correlate with aphasia severity and (2) identify communication deficits in RH stroke. We hypothesized that analysis of the picture description...

Distribution of National Institutes of Health stroke scale in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke Study.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Little is known about the distribution of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores from patients with ischemic stroke sampled from population-based studies. We describe the distribution of NIHSS in ischemic stroke cases from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke Study. METHODS Within a biracial population of 1.3 million, all strokes among area residen...

The effect of statins on National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NiHSS) in Ischemic stroke

Introduction. Stroke is a type of nervous focal disorder that occurs suddenly because of acute vascular events. 113-149 out of 100000 persons (0.113-0.149%) face with stroke in Iran annually. This causes treatment costs and many disabilities. Recently, studies indicated that statins, as a class of drugs, could decrease the chance of stroke recurrence and probably disabilities after stroke onset...