PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN ISCHEMIC STROKES

Abstract

Stroke is the most common life threatening-neurological disease and it is the third most common- cause of death after coronary heart disease and cancer.

Uptill now, there is no rules formulated to allow tile physician to predict the course of the focal ischemic cerebral lesions.

The aim of this udy, is to answer in a more or less definite scientific and if possible, measurable ways the questions raised by the patient and family about prognosis and prognostic factors of ischemic stroke.

In our study we included prospectively l 00 patients, with l 51

single

stroke 59 of them were males and 41 were females. Within the 151 30 hours from the onset. Their ages varied from 42 years to 86 years old. 55% of patients live in Urban areas and 45% in Rural areas.

All patients subjected to full general physical examination, full neurological examination, neurological assessment on arrival using the following scales Glasgow coma scale, Mini- mental state, Canadian neurological scale and National institute of Heath (N.l. H) scale.

All patients were tested for the following: blood glucose level, platelet count, white blood corpuscles, hematocrit, sodium, potassium, cholesterol, triglycerides, blood urea and serum creatinine.