Acute-Phase Stroke Outcome And Lipids

Acute Phase Reactants as a Prognostic Factor in Acute Stroke

Introduction: Elevated levels of CRP are present among patients at risk for further first-ever myocardial infarction and stroke. It has been shown that after ischemic stroke, increased levels of CRP are associated with unfavorable outcomes. Methods: From 120 patients admitted to the emergency unit of our hospital with the diagnosis of stroke CRP, D-dimer and ferritin level was measured and the ...

Delayed combination therapy of local brain hypothermia and decompressive craniectomy on acute stroke outcome in rat

Objective(s):Hypothermia and decompressive craniectomy (DC) have been shown to be neuroprotective. This study was designed to evaluate neuroprotective effects of delayed singular or combination of DC and local hypothermia on stroke. Materials and Methods: Cerebral ischemia was induced in 48 Wistar rats assigned to 4 groups: control, decompressive craniectomy (DC), local hypothermia (LH), combin...

acute phase reactants as a prognostic factor in acute stroke

introduction: elevated levels of crp are present among patients at risk for further first-ever myocardial infarction and stroke. it has been shown that after ischemic stroke, increased levels of crp are associated with unfavorable outcomes. methods: from 120 patients admitted to the emergency unit of our hospital with the diagnosis of stroke crp, d-dimer and ferritin level was measured and the ...

Predicting outcome in acute stroke.

The natural history of acute stroke is well defined. Predicting outcome in individuals, however, remains difficult, because prognostic studies examining associations between clinical signs or syndromes and outcome differ in patient selection, timing and choice of neurological assessments and outcome measures. Accuracy has been disappointing. Osler in 1892 stated that the 'course of the disease ...

Serum Lipids and Statin Treatment During Acute Stroke