TY - JOUR JF - BCN JO - BCN VL - 3 IS - 1 PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/10/01 TI - Acute Phase Reactants as a Prognostic Factor in Acute Stroke TT - N2 - Introduction: Elevated levels of CRP are present among patients at risk for further first-ever myocardial infarction and stroke. It has been shown that after ischemic stroke, increased levels of CRP are associated with unfavorable outcomes. Methods: From 120 patients admitted to the emergency unit of our hospital with the diagnosis of stroke CRP, D-dimer and ferritin level was measured and the patients were followed until discharge or death. Results: CRP level was significantly different between the patients with TIA and stroke. D-Dimer level was also significantly different between the TIA & the admitted groups. Ferritin was not different between the prognosis groups. There was a correlation between CRP and D-Dimer (r = 0.381, p = 0.001), and also between CRP and ferritin (r = 0.478, p= 0.000). Discussion: CRP is a useful adjuvant marker to determine the prognosis of patients with cerebro-vascular events admitted to the hospital, in both patients with stroke positive history and first-ever stroke. SP - 30 EP - 34 AU - Hasani, Seyed Abbas AU - Ziai, Seyed Ali AU - Mehrpour, Masoud AU - Amiri, Mandana AU - Motamed, Mohamad R AD - KW - Stroke KW - Prognosis KW - Acute Phase Reactant KW - C Reactive Protein KW - Transient Ischemic Attack UR - http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-196-en.html ER -