If the patient presents a Blood sugar levels are significantly higher than normal. When he is diagnosed with a stroke, it causes The risk increases significantly, worsens the patient’s prognosis and can cause death after three months. According to a study conducted by researchers from the Endocrinology, Nutrition and Neurology Services of the Hospital del Mar, together with researchers from the Center’s Research Institute, and the RICORS-ICTUS and CIBER Network for Diabetes and Related Metabolic Diseases (CYBERDEM).
Some diseases that produce an inflammatory state can cause an increase in glucose levels and can directly affect the prognosis. In the case of stroke, it is a normal increase in glucose, but it has not been analyzed in depth. Del Mar Hospital reviewed data from 2,774 patients with the disease and studied their blood glucose levels at admission, their age, whether they had diabetes or not, whether they had a disability, the severity of the stroke and what treatment they received.
Results
The researchers were able to determine that, with all these variables, if a patient had a higher-than-normal glucose level, it could represent a worse functional prognosis and mortality three months after a stroke. In fact, having a 13% increase actually worsened the prognosis. The researchers were also able to note that diabetics (35% of those included in the study) could also have a worse prognosis.
In statements collected by ACN, Dr. Elisenda Clemente, an assistant physician in the Endocrinology and Nutrition Service at Del Mar Hospital, notes that the variable “better reflects the impact of sugar at the time of admission, and in the patient population.” As rates rise, there is a worse prognosis and worse mortality.
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