Journal article
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