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THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE of SUBFEBRILITY and FEVER IN ISCHAEMIC CEREBRAL INFARCTION
Author(s) -
Hindfelt Bengt
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1976.tb04326.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ischaemic stroke , cerebral infarction , stroke (engine) , cardiology , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
ABSTRACT The prognostic influence of subfebrility and fever during the first week after an ischaemic cerebral stroke was analysed retrospectively in 110 patients with varying neurological disabilities. the results indicate that fever, and even subfebrility, carry a bad prognosis with respect to residual symptoms. It is concluded that fever and subfebrility, irrespective of their genesis, should be intensely combated during the early stages of an ischaemic stroke.