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NIHSS Scale
for acute ischemic stroke

Complete 15-item version with automated calculation of the derived NIHSS-8 for predicting proximal anterior large vessel occlusion.

Clinical
Warning
Personal reference tool. It does not constitute a clinical guideline nor does it replace clinical judgment or current hospital protocols. An NIHSS-8 ≥ 8 increases the suspicion of a proximal anterior large vessel occlusion (M1 or tandem carotid-M1) and may guide direct transfer to a thrombectomy center, but it does not replace a CTA, and a value < 8 does not rule out a large vessel occlusion.
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15 items · 0–42 points · 10 highlighted items = NIHSS-8
• Cells with maroon border and dot = NIHSS-8 items
Total NIHSS
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NIHSS-8 · large vessel occlusion
—cutoff ≥ 8
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