Correlation of Serum Albumin Level with Short Term Outcome of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

Abstract

cute ischemic stroke is the most cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. (Shrestha et al, 2015) Acute ischemic stroke patients with low SA levels had poor functional outcomes compared to normal SA levels (Kanamaru et al, 2017). Serum albumin levels considered a powerful predictor of vascular events in the healthy populations as well as and patients with cerebrovascular disease (James et al, 2017). Hypoalbuminemia associated with an increase in the risk of ischemic stroke incidence and considered poor prognostic influence in AIS patients (Sandeep et al, 2017). Serum albumin is as a marker of nutritional status, nutritional support may improve the functional outcome of acute ischemic stroke because serum albumin has an anti-thrombotic effect and neuroprotective effect which facilitate cerebral circulation and prevent brain edema (James et al, 2017). In the current study, fifty patients with acute ischemic stroke were recruited from Nasr city Health Insurance and Ain Shams University Hospitals and evaluated them by history taking, clinical examination, imaging investigations as; CT, MRI and MRA brain, laboratory investigation as SA