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Background and Purpose-Hyperglycemia following acute stroke is strongly associated with subsequent mortality and impaired neurological recovery, but it is unknown whether maintenance of euglycemia in the acute phase improves prognosis. Furthermore, the safety of such intervention is not established. Methods-In an explanatory, randomized, controlled trial to test safety, 53 acute (within 24 hours of ictus) stroke patients with mild to moderate hyperglycemia (plasma glucose between 7.0 and 17.0 mmol/L) were randomized to receive either a 24-hour infusion of 0.9% (154 mmol/L) saline or a glucose potassium insulin (GKI) infusion at 100 mL/h. The GKI consisted of 16 U human soluble insulin and 20 mmol potassium chloride in 500 mL 10% glucose. Blood glucose was measured every 2 hours with Boehringer Mannheim Glycaemie test strips, pulse and blood pressure were measured every 4 hours, and plasma glucose samples were taken every 8 hours. Insulin concentration in the GKI was altered according to BM glucose values. Results-There were no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups at baseline. Twenty-five patients received GKI, 1 of whom required intravenous glucose for symptomatic hypoglycemia. Plasma glucose levels were nonsignificantly lower in the GKI group throughout the infusion period. Four-week mortality in the GKI group was 7 (28%), compared with 8 (32%) in the control group. Conclusions-GKI infusions can be safely administered to acute stroke patients with mild to moderate hyperglycemia producing a physiological but attenuated glucose response to acute stroke, the effectiveness of which remains to be elucidated.
Author(s): Scott JF, Robinson GM, French JM, O'Connell JE, Alberti KGMM, Gray CS
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Stroke
Year: 1999
Volume: 30
Issue: 4
Pages: 793-799
Print publication date: 01/04/1999
ISSN (print): 0039-2499
ISSN (electronic): 1524-4628
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.30.4.793
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.4.793
PubMed id: 10187881
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