Acute phase reactants as a prognostic factor in acute stroke

Introduction: elevated levels of crp are present among patients at risk for further first-ever myocardial infarction and stroke. it has been shown that after ischemic stroke, increased levels of crp are associated with unfavorable outcomes. methods: from 120 patients admitted to the emergency unit of our hospital with the diagnosis of stroke; crp, d-dimer and ferritin level was measured and the patients were followed until discharge or death. results: crp level was significantly different between the patients with tia and stroke. d-dimer level was also significantly different between the tia & the admitted groups. ferritin was not different between the prognosis groups. there was a correlation between crp and d-dimer (r = 0.381, p = 0.001), and also between crp and ferritin (r = 0.478, p= 0.000). discussion: crp is a useful adjuvant marker to determine the prognosis of patients with cerebro-vascular events admitted to the hospital, in both patients with stroke positive history and first-ever stroke.