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Why does a stroke patient need to be the icu if he already had his stroke?

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Dr. Gutti Rao answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Stroke: Not necessarily in ICU , if unstable certainly patient goes to icu.

Answered 6/10/2014

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