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The golden hour Performing an acute ischemic stroke workup.

Anderson JA. The golden hour Performing an acute ischemic stroke workup. The Nurse Practitioner. 2014 Sep 18; 39(9):22-9; quiz 29-30.

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Abstract:

Ischemic stroke is a medical emergency resulting from an embolic or thrombotic occlusion of an intracranial artery. The purpose of this article is to provide acute care nurse practitioners a summary of recent updates on the rapid evaluation and workup for patient selection and treatment with I.V. fibrinolysis.




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