Trial of Insulin for Poststroke Hyperglycemia

Abstract

The effect of glucose potassium insulin (GKI) infusion (compared to saline as control) within 24 hours of ischemic stroke was studied in patients (> 18 years old) with blood glucose >126mg/dl (7mmol/l) admitted to Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.

Keywords

• glucose potassium insulin
• mr spectroscopy
• hyperglycemia