Open AccessACUTE STROKE
Author(s) -
Muhammad Bilal,
Muhammad Nawaz Tahir,
Naveed Atif Khan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2016.23.07.1640
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , stroke (engine) , acute stroke , disease , pediatrics , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
Objectives: To find out the frequency of hyperglycemia in non-diabeticpatients presenting with acute stroke. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting:Department of Medicine, Dera Ghazi Khan Hospital, D.G Khan. Period: September 2014 toMarch 2015. Materials & Methods: Total 150 non-diabetics presented with acute strokei.e. 11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/dl) was considered as hyperglycemia andnoted on pre-designed proforma. Results: Mean age was 54.82 ± 11.44 years. Total 32(21.33%) patients found with hyperglycemia. Male patients were 80 (53.33%) and femalepatients were 70 (46.67%) and hyperglycemia was found in 14 (17.5%) male patientsand 18 (25.71%) female patients. Insignificant of hyperglycemia with age, gender, durationof disease and type of stroke was detected. Conclusion: Results of this study reveals thatfrequency of neo-onset hyperglycemia in non-diabetic patients presenting with acutestroke is high. So, we recommend that in every patient of acute stroke, hyperglycemiashould be taken into consideration and its early recognition and management shouldbe done in order to reduce the morbidity and mortality.