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...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the feasibility and therapeutic effect of external counterpulsation (ECP) in ischemic stroke. METHODS The trial was a randomized, crossover, assessment-blinded, proof-of-concept trial. ECP treatment consisted of 35 daily 1-hour sessions. Patients were randomized to either early (ECP weeks 1 to 7 and no ECP weeks 8 to 14) or late group (no ECP wee...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to evaluate the relationship between increased B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in stroke patients and clinical parameters such as age, sex, medical history, blood pressure, Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a prospective study of 123 stroke patients at the Emergency Department. Th...

BACKGROUND Early determination of discharge destination after acute stroke may promote earlier rehabilitation and reduce costs by shortening the duration of hospitalization. OBJECTIVE To determine whether the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score predicts disposition in stroke patients treated with thrombolysis. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Academic and community hospit...

The role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke is controversial. This prospective study assessed the efficacy and safety of HBOT as adjuvant treatment on 46 acute ischemic stroke in patients who did not receive thrombolytic therapy. The HBOT group (n = 16) received conventional medical treatment with 10 sessions of adjunctive HBOT within 3-5 days after st...

Introduction: The acute ischemic infarction is associated with significant damage to brain parenchyma, where the high degree of inflammation found. This work aimed study predictive value ratio between blood WBCs and serum albumin levels in assessing functional outcome subjects stroke. Materials methods: A prospective observational was conducted on 223 from February 2022 August at K.R. Hospital,...

Methods: Oxidation reduction potential (ORP), a measure of the redox system, was assessed in plasma at admission and 24 h later in patients admitted with stroke symptoms (n=76). Overall differences in ORP between stroke patients and healthy controls were determined. Within stroke patients, changes in ORP as a function of hospital discharge status, modified Rankin scale and NIHSS were assessed u...

BACKGROUND AND AIM The availability and access of hospital administrative data [coding for Charlson comorbidity index (CCI)] in large data form has resulted in a surge of interest in using this information to predict mortality from stroke. The aims of this study were to determine the minimum clinical data set to be included in models for predicting disability after ischemic stroke adjusting for...