A pragmatic approach to sonothrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke: the Norwegian randomised controlled sonothrombolysis in acute stroke study (NOR-SASS)

Table 2 Assessment of patients with acute ischaemic stroke admitted ≤4½ hours

Procedure ↓	Baseline	1-2 h	+24 h (22-36 h)	+48 h (42–54 h)	Day 7 or earlier discharge	Day 90
NIHSS score	X	X	X	X	X	(X)
CT / CTA (MRI / MRA)	X		X
ECG	X
Duplex ultrasound of the neck			X
Transcranial duplex ultrasound	X	X	(X)		(X)
Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)	X				X	X
Barthel Index (BI)					X	(X)
Check Recurrent stroke / TIA						X
Check Acute coronary heart disease						X

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