Prognostic value of acute National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Items on disability: a registry study of first-ever stroke in the western part of Sweden.
Guri HagbergHaakon Ihle-HansenTamar AbzhandadzeMalin ReinholdssonHege Ihle HansenKatharina Stibrant SunnerhagenPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
Stroke patients with scores on the NIHSS items right motor symptoms or visual field at admission are less likely to have an excellent outcome at 3 months. Clinicians should consider the NIHSS items affected, not only the total NIHSS score, both in treatment guidance and prognostics.
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