PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ovbiagele, B.
AU  - Liebeskind, D. S.
AU  - Starkman, S.
AU  - Sanossian, N.
AU  - Kim, D.
AU  - Razinia, T.
AU  - Saver, J. L.
TI  - Are elevated admission calcium levels associated with better outcomes after ischemic stroke?
AID  - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000223629.07811.ae
DP  - 2006 Jul 11
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 170--173
VI  - 67
IP  - 1
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/170.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/170.full
SO  - Neurology2006 Jul 11; 67
AB  - Calcium (Ca2+) and magnesium (Mg2+) influence the molecular pathways of ischemic neuronal death. The authors evaluated the impact of admission serum Ca2+ and Mg2+ levels, on incident stroke severity and discharge functional outcome. After adjusting for covariates, higher admission Ca2+ was significantly associated with lesser stroke severity and better discharge functional outcome. Admission Mg2+ was not an independent clinical outcome prognosticator.