Jonathan Duskin, Nirupama Yechoor, Sanjula Singh, Samantha Mora, Jasper Senff, Christina Kourkoulis, Christopher D Anderson, Jonathan Rosand
INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition is common in stroke patients and has been associated with poor functional outcomes and increased mortality after stroke. Previous research on nutrition status and post-intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) outcomes, however, is limited and conflicting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Monocenter study of patients with spontaneous deep or lobar ICH from a longitudinal cohort enrolling consecutive patients between 1994 and 2022. Nutrition status was assessed using admission body mass index ( BMI), albumin, total bilirubin, cholesterol, c-reactive protein, hemoglobin a1c, high-density lipoprotein, hemoglobin, low-density lipoprotein, mean corpuscular volume, alanine transaminase, and triglycerides...
May 13, 2024: European Stroke Journal