Abstract 84: The Effect of Hyperglycemia on Stroke Outcome Depends on Baseline Glycosylated Hemoglobin Levels

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 44; no. suppl_1
• Main Authors: Park, Kwang-Yeol, Helenius, Johanna, Avery, Ross, Kim, Gyeong-Moon, Buonanno, Ferdinando S, Ay, Hakan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.02.2013

Abstract only Background and hypothesis: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are less likely to develop adverse outcomes than are those without DM in response to acute elevations in plasma glucose after stroke. We hypothesized that baseline glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level, which provides an e...