Neurol Neurochir Pol
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Neurol Neurochir Pol · Jul 2008
Comparative StudyFactors related to the occurrence of hyperthermia in patients with acute ischaemic stroke and with primary intracerebral haemorrhage.
Hyperthermia worsens prognosis in ischaemic, but probably not in haemorrhagic stroke. The reason for this discrepancy is unknown; therefore we designed this study to compare factors related to the occurrence of hyperthermia in patients with ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. ⋯ Hyperthermia in acute stroke, whether ischaemic or haemorrhagic, is associated with worse prognosis. Ischaemic stroke patients with hyperthermia have slightly increased levels of inflammatory markers when compared to patients without hyperthermia, but the same difference was not found in patients with haemorrhagic stroke.