Steroid Treatment in Acute Ischaemic Stroke
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in European Neurology
- Vol. 28 (2) , 70-72
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000116232
Abstract
The files of 556 patients with a history of ischaemic stroke were reviewed. The disability and mortality rates were compared between 277 patients with a steroid treatment in the acute stage and 279 without. Comparison of the whole group showed that the steroid-treated patients had less improvement of their disability and a higher mortality rate than the non-steroid group. However, in the former more patients with a severe stroke were present. Statistical analysis of a subset of 208 patients with completed stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory showed no marked difference in the outcome and the adverse reactions between the steroid- and non-steroid-treated patients.Keywords
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