Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine (Apr 2024)

Evaluation of routine laboratory markers as short-term outcome indicators in patients with acute ischemic stroke

  • Popovska Tatyana,
  • Kalpachki Rosen,
  • Svinarov Dobrin,
  • Velizarova Milena

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2024-0011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32, no. 2
pp. 155 – 162

Abstract

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Introduction: Stroke is a disease with high mortality and morbidity. Currently, there are no specific laboratory markers that can replace or improve clinical and radiological diagnosis and prognosis. We evaluated the role of C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen and D-dimer in predicting short-term outcomes in acute ischemic stroke.

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