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Figure 2. Distributions of Administratively Recorded NIHSS Scores in Patients With Excellent (Discharged Home) and Fatal Outcomes at Completion of Acute Stroke Hospitalization in US National Inpatient Sample.
aNo patient had a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 40.