Multiple Choice
A nurse explains that a lumbar puncture is most helpful as a diagnostic tool for a new patient who has had a CVA.What would this diagnostic test help determine regarding the stroke?
A) It is lacunar.
B) It is hemorrhagic or embolic.
C) It is complete or in evolution.
D) It will result in paralysis.
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