Serum glucose level and diabetes predict tissue plasminogen activator-related intracerebral hemorrhage in acute ischemic stroke.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Five pretreatment variables (P<0.1 univariate analysis), including serum glucose (>300 mg/dL), predicted symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rtPA trial. We retrospectively studied stroke patie...

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Main Authors: Demchuk, A, Morgenstern, L, Krieger, D, Linda Chi, T, Hu, W, Wein, T, Hardy, R, Grotta, J, Buchan, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999