A 50-year-old male patient is started on ASA 80-mg tablets once daily as an antiplatelet agent. The nurse explains to this patient that ASA is the drug of choice for:
1. Hemorrhagic stroke
2. Ischemic stroke
3. Gastric inflammation
4. Cellular formation
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In men over 50 years of age, ASA is a drug of choice in ischemic stroke. It plays no role in he-morrhagic stroke.
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a. about the same as the general population b. 3 times as likely as the general population c. 10 times as likely d. 20 times as likely
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).