Variation and Trends in the Documentation of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale in GWTG-Stroke Hospitals
Reeves M, Smith E, Fonarow G, Zhao X, Thompson M, Peterson E, Schwamm L, Olson D. Variation and Trends in the Documentation of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale in GWTG-Stroke Hospitals. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2015, 8: s90-s98. PMID: 26515215, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.115.001775.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGWTG-Stroke hospitalsHealth Stroke ScaleNIHSS scoreDocumentation ratesNIHSS dataStroke ScaleMultivariable logistic regression modelAcute ischemic strokeHospital-level factorsPrimary stroke centerImportant prognostic variablesPatient-level predictorsNational InstituteLogistic regression modelsMedian NIHSSIschemic strokeStroke centersThrombolysis candidatesClinical registryPrognostic variablesNIHSSHospitalPatientsStrokeLow documentation