Effects of poststroke pyrexia on stroke outcome - A meta-analysis of studies in patients
Effects of poststroke pyrexia on stroke outcome - A meta-analysis of studies in patients
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.31.2.410
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发表时间:
2000-02-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Sharma, P
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作者:
Hajat, C;Hajat, S;Sharma, P
Background and Purpose-The effect of pyrexia on cerebral ischemia has been extensively studied in animals. In humans, however, such studies are small and the results conflicting. We undertook a meta-analysis using all such published studies on the effect of hyperthermia on stroke outcome.Methods-Three databases were searched for all published studies that examined the relationship of raised temperature after stroke onset and eventual outcome. Combined probability values and odds ratios were obtained. A heterogeneity test was performed to ensure that the data were suitable for such an analysis. Morbidity and mortality were used as outcome measures.Results-Nine studies were identified totaling 3790 patients, providing our study with 99% power to detect a 9% increase in morbidity and 84% power to detect a 1% increase in mortality for the pyrexial group. The combined odds ratio fur mortality was 1.19 (95% CI, 0.99 to 1.43). A heterogeneity test was highly nonsignificant (P>0.05) for mortality, suggesting that the data were sufficiently similar to be meta-analyzed. Combined probability values were highly significant for both morbidity (P