A study of C-reactive protein in acute ischemic stroke

 

R Panneer Selvam¹, V Premnath^2*

 

¹Assistant Professor, ²Sr. Resident, Department of General Medicine, Vinayaka Missions Medical College and Hospitals- Karaikal, Puducherry, INDIA.

Email: aravindhkrishnan94@gmail.com

 

Abstract              Background and Objective: Cerebrovascular accident, which has considerable mortality and morbidity, deserves attention towards its prevention. the line of defence in stroke prevention are detecting and adequately treating manageable risk factors. C-reactive protein, an acute phase reactant is an indicator of underlying systemic inflammation and a novel marker is an indicator of underlying systemic inflammation and anovel marker for atherothrombotic disease. present study is an attempt to study the levels of c-reactive protein in acute ischemic stoke Methods: It is a cross sectional study of 50 patients with diagnosis of first ever ischemic stroke (<72 hrs) in Vinayaka mission medical college, karaikal. Patients were examined and investigated as per proforma. Results: In our study 29(58%) patients who had CRP>0.6mg/dl. The mean CRP was 0.7164mg/dl which is statistically significant. Interpretation and Conclusion: C-reactive protein appears to be an important risk factor for acute ischemic stroke at levels >0.6mg/dl