ROLE OF HBA1C ON SEVERITY AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF ISCHEMIC STROKE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

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1 internal medicine,faculty of medicine,zagazig university,egypt

2 internal medicine,zagazig university

3 neurology,faculty of medecine, zagazig univeristy, efypt

4 internal medicine, faculty of medecine, zagazig university. egypt

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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

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Zagazig University Medical Journal
Volume 28, Issue 6.1
supplement 1
November 2022
Pages 259-264

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