possible stroke (sm)
Posted By: nymt on 2008-05-21
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Subject: possible stroke (sm)
The patient was out of the __________ time window as this was greater than 3 to 5 hours. The patient was transferred by ambulance and was admitted for a possible stroke workup.
s/l TVA. Would make sense if CVA, I guess, but really sounds like a "T" -- is there such a thing?
Thanks.
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