Stress Hyperglycemia Does Not Affect Clinical Outcome of Diabetic Patients Receiving Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Although stress hyperglycemia represents a main risk factor for poor outcome among patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) undergoing recanalization therapy, we have limited information regarding a possible influence of the premorbid diabetic status on this association. We recruited consecutive patients admitted to the Udine University Hospital with AIS who were treated with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) from January 2015 to September 2020. On the basis of the premorbid diabetic status, our sample was composed of 130 patients with and 371 patients without diabetes. The glucose-to-glycated hemoglobin ratio (GAR) was used to measure stress hyperglycemia. Patients were stratified into 3 groups by tertiles of GAR (Q1-Q3). The higher GAR index was, the more severe stress hyperglycemia was co

SUBMITTER: Merlino G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234697 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature