Abstract
Within 12-months, two patients exhibited symptoms of stroke that were not recognized in a timely manner in the PACU at UMMC. Incidence of perioperative stroke in non-cardiac, non-neurological surgery patients is approximately 1 per 1000 cases but is associated with an eight fold increase in mortality. Due to confounding factors of anesthesia and frequent opioid administration, stroke symptoms can easily be masked. No screening tool for perioperative stroke in this population was found in the literature.
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