Diabetes: Chronic Metformin Treatment and Outcome Following Acute Stroke

Diabetes: Chronic Metformin Treatment and Outcome Following Acute Stroke

AimTo evaluate if in patients with known diabetes, pretreatment metformin will lead to less severe stroke, better outcome, and lower mortality following acute stroke.MethodsThe Qatar stroke database was interrogated for stroke severity and outcome in patients with ischemic stroke. Outcome was compar...

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Main Authors: Naveed Akhtar, Rajvir Singh, Saadat Kamran, Blessy Babu, Shobana Sivasankaran, Sujatha Joseph, Deborah Morgan, Ashfaq Shuaib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
ischemic stroke
diabetes
metformin
outcome
mortality
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.849607/full

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