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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 Stroke 43:782-786,625, Leira,E.C.,et al, 2012 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The types of neurological deficits in the baseline NIHSS are not independent predictors of long-term prognosis for patients with mild stroke. These exploratory findings argue against the practice of withholding reperfusion treatment in patients with mild stroke when the types of baseline NIHSS deficits are perceived to be nondisabling.

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