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Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 484-488 |
Clinical profile and role of C-reactive protein and lactate dehydrogenase as prognostic marker and comparative efficacy of different pharmacotherapeutic agents in patients with cerebrovascular accident: An observational study
Dibya Jyoti Sharma1, K Jeenaleima Singha1, Karuna Das2, Chandrama Das1, M Rakesh1
1 Department of Internal Medicine, SMCH, Silchar, Assam, India 2 Department of Anaesthesia, AMCH, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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Dr. Dibya Jyoti Sharma Department of Internal Medicine, SMCH, Silchar, Assam India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_515_21
The current study was conducted to determine the role of C-reactive protein (CRP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as prognostic-marker and outcomes of different pharmacotherapeutic agents among patients with cerebrovascular accident (CVA). A hospital-based observational study was conducted and patients with CVA admitted were included. Serum-CRP on admission correlated positively with modified Rankin score (mRS) (r = 0.9, P < 0.001) in ischemic stroke, whereas no correlation between serum LDH with mRS (r = 0.1, P = 0.5) was observed. Neither CRP nor LDH was helpful in predicting the outcome in hemorrhagic stroke. The use of Vitamin B12 was associated with favorable outcome in ischemic CVA cases and use of folic acid was associated with favorable outcome among hemorrhagic-CVA patients.
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