A STUDY OF HIGH SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (hs-CRP) LEVELS IN CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE)
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 65
Abstract
World Health Organization (WHO) defined stroke as “rapidly developing clinical signs of focal or global disturbance of cerebral function, lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death with no apparent cause other than vascular origin.” OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of raised hs-CRP levels in patients with first-ever acute ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. To evaluate the ability of hs-CRP levels as a biomarker to differentiate between haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke. To evaluate whether hs-CRP levels in stroke correlate with other risk factors. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Cerebrovascular accident, which has considerable mortality and morbidity deserves attention towards its prevention. The first line of defence in stroke prevention are detecting and adequately treating manageable risk factors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study; 100 consecutive acute stroke patients who presented within 12 hrs. to the MGM Hospital Warangal, Telangana, are considered in this study. RESULTS There were 71 ischaemic stroke patients and 29 haemorrhagic stroke patients in whom all ischaemic stroke patients 71 (100%) and 29 (32%) haemorrhagic stroke patients has high hs-CRP (3 mg/L). CONCLUSION HS-CRP appears to be an important risk factor for both acute ischaemic stroke and haemorrhagic stroke. HS-CRP levels are considerably higher in ischaemic stroke patients compared with haemorrhagic stroke patients, which can be a useful marker to differentiate ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke.
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Peddi , Bikshapathi , Rajender
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