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 ...

Patients in the AF group were found to have significantly (P < .0001) higher admission and discharge NIHSS scores (median, 11 vs 3 and 7 vs 2, respectively), longer hospital stays (median, 11 days ...

A secondary outcome of neurological deterioration, defined by an NIHSS score of 2 or more, also was reduced with tirofiban (11.7% vs 23.6%; RR 0.49; 95% CI 0.32-0.75). Various assessments of early ...

Future studies could examine whether a nurse-assessed increase in NIHSS score can be correlated with diagnostic imaging and lead to modifications of ... Do you know what the NIH Stroke Scale is ...