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Stress Hyperglycemia and Prognosis of Stroke in Nondiabetic and Diabetic Patients

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: "Stress" hyperglycemia may be associated with increased mortality and poor recovery in diabetic and nondiabetic patients after stroke. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature relating acute poststroke glucose levels to the subsequent course were done to summarize and quantify this relationship. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was done for cohort studies reporting mortality and/or functional …

Authors

Capes SE; Hunt D; Malmberg K; Pathak P; Gerstein HC

Journal

Stroke, Vol. 32, No. 10, pp. 2426–2432

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

October 2001

DOI

10.1161/hs1001.096194

ISSN

0039-2499