Hyperglycemia and diabetes have different impacts on outcome of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: Hyperglycemia on admission is associated with worsened clinical outcome and increased risk of in-hospital death in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients. Diabetes increased the risk of in-hospital death in hemorrhagic stroke patients, but not in ischemic ones.
PMID: 28144261 [PubMed]
Source: Archives of Medical Science - Category: Journals (General) Tags: Arch Med Sci Source Type: research
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