… is stroke presenting with mild or rapidly improving symptoms (… outcome: rapidly improving
but still severe symptoms (NIHSS … ) increased the odds of unfavorable outcome 17-fold (95% CI…

… because of mild or rapidly improving stroke symptoms had poor hospital discharge outcomes.
… do not receive rtPA because of mild or rapidly improving stroke are still at risk for requiring …

… The time to improve outcomes of patients with mild stroke and RISS has come, by using
new approaches to definitions, assessments, education, earlier vascular diagnostic …

… Results: We identified 74 patients with stroke symptoms ≤6 … on the basis of mild or rapidly
improving symptoms show early … about 20% show poor outcome at discharge. Persisting large-…

… patients with mild or rapidly improving symptoms were largely … outcomes. However, there
is scarcity of data on predictors of outcomes in mild stroke (MS) and rapidly improving stroke (…

… regressing symptoms, seems to be justified. Thus, we propose that “rapidly improving
symptoms” may be removed from the exclusion criteria for intravenous tPA thrombolysis in stroke …

… Although most strokes present with mild symptoms, these have … multidimensional outcomes,
identify predictors of worse outcomes… for MaRISS (Mild and Rapidly Improving Stroke Study) …

… , including 63 patients with rapidly improving stroke symptoms and/or large … but rapidly
improving stroke symptoms—defined as improvement in NIHSS score ≥4 points between stroke …

… within the 3-4.5–hour window.5, 6 More recently, focus has been on more accurately defining
the intended meaning of the “rapidly improving stroke symptoms (RISS)” exclusion criteria. …

… (mRS) utilized to define functional outcomes may not capture the full range of … outcomes
of those with mild and rapidly improving stroke symptoms, to determine predictors of outcome, …