Intravenous insulin treatment in acute stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 489-493

  Ntaios, G ^a   Papavasileiou, V ^a   Bargiota, A ^a   Makaritsis, K ^a   Michel, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Functional outcome; Hypoglycemia; Intravenous insulin; Mortality; Poststroke hyperglycemia

Indexed keywords

FARMASULIN; INSULIN; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STROKE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 84899896997     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12225     Document Type: Article

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