Assessment of Ischemic Stroke Severity in Relation to Glycemic Status at Presentation: A Prospective Observational Hospital Based Study
Journal Title: Journal of Chalmeda AnandRao Institute of Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim: The aim of present study was to investigate the prestroke glycemic status, severity, and outcome in patients with ischemic stroke. Design: The prospective hospital based study Materials and Methods: Total 60 patients were included in this study. During this study period, all patients presenting with acute cerebral infarction and fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Results: The mean age of the patients in the study group was 53.9 + 12.9 years. Maximum number of patients of cerebral infarction belonged to age groups 51-60 years and 61-70 years. The diabetes group have a higher baseline score among the glycemic groups (p>0.05). Stress hyperglycemia group has a slow progression of score from baseline compared to the diabetes group (p<0.020). Conclusion: In conclusion of our study showed that the stress hyperglycemics had poor recovery on NIHSS scores for both medium and large sized infarcts from the baseline score.
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Thirunadhar R, Rajashekar G, Sanjay H Kalbande, Ravi Teja A
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