Association between Admission Hyperglycemia and Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke Cases: an Observational Study

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide and more so in underdeveloped countries like Bangladesh where health support system including rehabilitation is not expectedly available. At least 50% of the neurological disorder in a general hospital is of stroke. World Health Organizasion (WHO) defined Stroke as rapidly developiong clinical signs of focal or global disturbance of cerebral function, with symptoms lasting 24 hours or longer or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than vascular origin 1 .