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Aspirin administration within 48 hours of admission for stroke

Patients who are admitted to a hospital for acute ischemic stroke should receive aspirin within 48 hours of admission, unless contraindications for receiving aspirin, including, but not limited to, allergy to aspirin or gastrointestinal bleeding, are present. Patients who meet the criteria should continue to receive aspirin on a daily basis (Circulation, 2006; 113:e409-e449).

Unless otherwise contraindicated, the protocol at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center includes the administration of aspirin to ischemic stroke patients within 48 hours of admission to the hospital.