Category: Neurology
Keywords: stroke, tpa, ischemic stroke, acute stroke (PubMed Search)
Posted: 12/10/2008 by Aisha Liferidge, MD
(Updated: 11/23/2024)
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Important things to document in acute ischemic stroke cases from a medicolegal aspect:
-- time of onset
-- time of diagnosis
-- why tPA given or not given (the longer note for NOT giving it; 90% of related litigation cases based on NOT giving tPA.)
-- date and time on each side of note of every page
-- make it legible