Open AccessD-dimer Level is Correlated with Prognosis, Infarct Size, and NIHSS in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
Author(s) -
Nora Ismail Mohamed Abbas,
Osama Sayed,
Sherif Samir,
Nashwa Abeed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23744
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , biomarker , cardiology , neuroimaging , receiver operating characteristic , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , psychiatry , engineering
Stroke ranks the fourth leading disease causing adult mortality and disability. D-dimer (D-D) is the ultimate product of plasmin-mediated degradation of fibrin-rich thrombi. D-D is a simple readily accessible biomarker employed within the diagnostic algorithms for the exclusion of venous thromboembolism. The correlation between D-D infarct size in MRI brain, APACHE II score, and the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score in critically ill acute stroke patients has not been fully investigated before.