A secondary goal was to integrate the NIHSS tool into standard nursing practice by the end of 2004. We wanted 80% of stroke patients ... and a 5-point Likert scale (1 = weak belief, 5 = strong ...

Half of the patients (51.3%) had a mild stroke (rating of 0-5 on the NIH Stroke Scale [NIHSS]), 32.3% had a stroke of moderate severity (NIHSS rating 6-13) and 16.5% had a severe stroke (NIHSS ...

Remedy Pharmaceuticals, a leader in stroke drug development, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed two additional patents covering its large hemispheric ...

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).