The Types of Neurological Deficits Might Not Justify Withholding Treatment in Patients With Low Total National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Scores | Zendy

Enrique C. Leira | Zendy; Bryan Ludwig | Zendy; M. Edip Gurol | Zendy; James C. Torner | Zendy; Harold P. Adams | Zendy

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The Types of Neurological Deficits Might Not Justify Withholding Treatment in Patients With Low Total National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Scores

Author(s) -

Enrique C. Leira,

Bryan Ludwig,

M. Edip Gurol,

James C. Torner,

Harold P. Adams

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.111.620674

Subject(s) - medicine , confounding , stroke (engine) , logistic regression , physical therapy , multivariate analysis , mechanical engineering , engineering

There is controversy regarding the threshold for treating patients with mild strokes. Physicians often withhold acute treatment in these patients if they perceive the symptoms are not going to be disabling. We tested the appropriateness of this practice by analyzing the relationship between specific neurological deficits in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score and long-term outcome among patients with a low total NIHSS score.

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