Early neurologic deterioration -- as measured by an increase of 2 or more points on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at 7 days -- occurred in fewer of those on DAPT (4.8% vs ...

Eligible patients had onset of stroke 4.5 to 24 hours before randomization, a posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score (PC-ASPECTS; scores range from 0 to 10, with lower scores ...

The median time from stroke onset to randomization was 4.6 hours. The median NIHSS score was 2. The primary outcome was a return to baseline neurological functioning according to the mRS score at 90 ...

Results showed that the primary endpoint of early neurologic deterioration of 2 points or more on the NIHSS score occurred in just 1 of 45 patients (2.2%) in the group who were laid flat compared ...

TASTE-SL enrolled patients with a median NIHSS score of 7 who did not undergo EVT. In TASTE-2, the median NIHSS score was 15, and EVT was an inclusion criterion.

The proportion of patients with an increase in NIHSS score of 4 points or more in the first 72 hours was 4.2% among those treated with tirofiban and 13.2% among those treated with oral aspirin, a ...

The rate of NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score increase of at least 2 points during that period was just 2.22% with the zero-degree head position compared with 55.32% in the heads-up group (P<0.001 ...