Effects of hyperglycemia on clinical outcomes and the rehabilitation after 21 days among acute cerebral ischemic stroke patients

ABSTRACT

A prospective, cross sectional study on 70 acute cerebral infarction patients from 40 to 84 years of age was carried out at The Stroke Centre of Central Military Hospital 108 between July 2004 and June 2005. the patients were diagnosed by clinical examination and cerebral X-ray computed tomography. Results as followed among these patients, sudden onset occurred in 94.3%, mainly in the morning (55.7%). Risks factors hypertension 78.6%, dyslipidemia 85.7%, diabetes 18.6%, ischemic 21.4%. Clinical symptoms hemiplegia 97.1%, cerebral nerve damage 81.4%, language disorder 47.1%... Hyperglycemia at acute stage of stroke were common with 54.3%. Serve paralyze were more common in hyperglycemia group. This suggested that persisitent hyperglycemia at acute stage of stroke associated with worse clinical outcome and rehabilitation after stroke