Frequency of Hyperglycemia in Acute Stroke Patients at Tertiary Care Hospital, Bannu, KPK, Pakistan
Keywords:
Acute stroke, Hyperglycemia, FBS, RBS, HypertensionAbstract
Objective: To find the frequency of hyperglycemia in acute stroke patients, District Headquarter Teaching Hospital, Bannu
Material & Methods: Prospective Cross-sectional study conducted on acute stroke patients at District Headquarter Teaching Hospital, Bannu for frequency of hyperglycemia. Socio-demographic data was collected using structure questionnaire. Blood sample for FBS and RBS were collected in BD vacutainer™ bottle having sodium fluoride anti-coagulant. Blood glucose estimation was done using MicrLab-300 at Pathology lab of DHQ Teaching Hospital, Bannu.
Result: Total 121 subjects were selected for study in which males 66.1% while females were 33.9%. Patients living in rural area were 73.6% while urban duelers were 26.4%, married individuals were 95.9 % while unmarried were 4.1%. Educated individuals were 64.3% while un-educated were 53.7%, mean age was 60.26 + 7.52. Hyperglycemic patients having mean FBS was 131 + 46.68 while RBS was 202 + 97.36. Hypertension was present in 85.1 %, mental disability was in 16.5%, physical disability was in 89.3% and Swallowing difficulty was found in 44.6 % acute stroke patients. Hyperglycemia was present in 28.92 % (35/121) patients in which males were 85.71% and female were 14.29% while 71.08% were free of hyperglycemia. The result was statistically significant with p-value < 0.004 at 95% Cl.
Conclusion: It has been concluded that hyperglycemia may be risk factor for patients that leads to acute stroke along with hyper tension and other complications.
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