• Document etiology:
  • Due to embolus
  • Due to thrombus
• Document specific precerebral or cerebral artery affected and right or left when appropriate:
  • Vertebral
  • Basilar
  • Carotid
  • Middle
  • Anterior
  • Posterior
  • Other
• Document residuals from current stroke. For example:
  • Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis
  • Dysphagia
  • Cognitive defects
• Document if tPA given at another facility within the last 24 hours

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