| Front | What is one way to differentiate between a patient who has had a stroke, and a hypoglycemic patient? |
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| Back | One way to differentiate between these two kinds of patients is: A patient who has had a stroke may be alert and attempting to communicate normally, whereas a patient with hypoglycemia almost always has an altered or decreased level of consciousness. |
Tags: 15, emergencies, neurologic
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