Effect of the Seasonal Changes on Renal Function in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Öz Bagcilar Med Bull DO I: 10.4274/BMB.galenos.2020.02.05 Güleser Akpınar1, Mustafa Boğan1, Kaan Yusufoğlu2, Miray Korkmaz3, Emine Gül Baldane4, Erdem Çevik5 1Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Düzce, Turkey 2Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey 3Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Neurology, İstanbul, Turkey 4Konya Education Research and Training Hospital, Clinic of Neurology, İstanbul, Turkey 5İstanbul Sultan 2. Abdulhamid Han Sample Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey ORIGINAL RESEARCH Address for Correspondence: Mustafa Boğan, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey E-mail: mustafabogan@hotmail.com ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-1827 Received: 25.02.2020 Accepted: 23.04.2020 Cite this article as: Akpınar G, Boğan M, Yusufoğlu K, Korkmaz M, Baldane EG, Çevik E. Effect of the Seasonal Changes on Renal Function in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. ©Copyright 2020 by the Health Sciences University, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital Bagcilar Medical Bulletin published by Galenos Publishing House. Introduction Stroke cases are caused 80-85% by ischemic reasons and 15-20% by hemorrhagic reasons (1). Acute stroke is the third most common cause of death and causes of morbidity and mortality around the world and in Turkey (2,3). Even though there are many studies about stroke, risk factors still are not fully understood and have some contradictory