STRESS HORMONE AND BLOOD-GLUCOSE RESPONSE FOLLOWING ACUTE STROKE IN THE ELDERLY
STRESS HORMONE AND BLOOD-GLUCOSE RESPONSE FOLLOWING ACUTE STROKE IN THE ELDERLY
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.22.7.842
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发表时间:
1991-07-01
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影响因子:
8.3
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BENNETT, D
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作者:
ONEILL, PA;DAVIES, I;BENNETT, D
We studied the relation of reactive hyperglycemia, stress hormone response, and outcome in 23 consecutive elderly patients (median age 80 [range 75-92] years) following an acute first stroke. The median delay from the onset of the stroke to the first blood sample (day 0) was 9 (range 4-22) hours. Subsequent blood samples were taken, after fasting, for the determination of blood glucose, cortisol, catecholamine, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon, and lactate concentrations on days 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 30, and 90. For all 23 patients, a significant relation was found between the blood glucose concentration and survival (p = 0.03) and the blood glucose concentration decreased with time (p < 0.001). There was also a significant relation between blood glucose concentration and outcome (p = 0.02). For the 15 patients with complete data, the major determinants of the blood glucose concentration were the cortisol, insulin, and glucagon concentrations (all p < 0.001), which accounted for 42% of the variance. When all the indexes were analyzed together by logistic regression, only the cortisol concentration was related to outcome (p = 0.02). Hyperglycemia following a stroke probably reflects the intensity of the stress hormone response. We have confirmed that hyperglycemia is a predictor of outcome in persons with stroke.