RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Are elevated admission calcium levels associated with better outcomes after ischemic stroke?
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 170
OP 173
DO 10.1212/01.wnl.0000223629.07811.ae
VO 67
IS 1
A1 Ovbiagele, B.
A1 Liebeskind, D. S.
A1 Starkman, S.
A1 Sanossian, N.
A1 Kim, D.
A1 Razinia, T.
A1 Saver, J. L.
YR 2006
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/67/1/170.abstract
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.