Correlation between mean plasma fibrinogen level and mean lesion volume on CT scan in acute ischemic stroke

Background: stroke remains the leading cause of death and severe disability in young and elderly people. in pakistan health care facilities are limited with neuroimaging inaccessible in certain areas; plasma fibrinogen is an easily available and cost effective parameter. aim: to determine correlation between mean plasma fibrinogen level and mean lesion volume on ct scan in acute ischemic stroke. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted from 23 mar 2013 to 15 aug 2013 at neurology and general medicine departments of military hospital rawalpindi (mh). we included 40 cases between 35 to 65 years of both genders with acute ischemic stroke confirmed on ct scan. results: in our study,mean age was calculated as 53.45+7.03 years,29(72.5%) were male and 11(27.5%) were females,mean infarct volume in our study was calculated as 64.32+1.15 cm3 while mean plasma fibrinogen level was calculated as 4.78+1.43 g/l,correlation coefficient r value was calculated as 0.5 while p value was calculated as 0.02. conclusion: we concluded a positive correlation between mean plasma fibrinogen level and mean lesion volume on ct scan in acute ischemic stroke.