ROLE OF HBA1C ON SEVERITY AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF ISCHEMIC STROKE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS | ||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 492, Volume 28, Issue 6.1, November 2022, Pages 259-264 PDF (407.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2020.31716.1869 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Reda A. kamel1; beker said nagueib* 2; adham isamil mohammed3; hamed draz mohamed4 | ||
| 1internal medicine,faculty of medicine,zagazig university,egypt | ||
| 2internal medicine,zagazig university | ||
| 3neurology,faculty of medecine, zagazig univeristy, efypt | ||
| 4internal medicine, faculty of medecine, zagazig university. egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Introduction: Among all neurological diseases, stroke comes first in incidence and significance. Stroke is one of the common causes of death and disability all over the world. Purpose of the study:To evaluate glycemic status effect represented by HbA1c on the stroke severity in patients with diabetes mellitus. Patients and Methods: A prospective cohort study done in Neurology Department and Stroke – ICU of Internal Medicine, ZAGAZIG University Hospitals between Jan.2019 and Jul.2019. Study included 60 elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke divided into two main groups; acute ischemic stroke diabetics (Group I) (40 patients) and acute ischemic stroke non–diabetics (Group II) (20 patients). The diabetic group (Group I) was sub-grouped into poor glycemic control (Group Ia) with HbA1c >7 (20 patients), and good glycemic control (Group Ib) with HbA1c | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Acute ischemic stroke; Diabetes Mellitus; Glycated hemoglobin; Fasting blood glucose; functional outcome | ||
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