Hassan Muneer, Fatima Altaf, Waqar Anwar.
Assessment of Hypoalbuminemia in Cases of Ischemic Strokes.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):526-8.

Background: Hypoalbuminemia is one of the factors that predict numerous clinical effects like functional recovery, reoccurrences and some complications and utmost the death among patients with strokes. The main aim of the study is to assess the hypoalbuminemia in patients with ischemic strokes among local population. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted in medical departments of Mayo Hospital, Lahore. The study exclusion criteria includes all the patients with transient ischemic stroke, space occupying lesions in brain, comorbid cardiac problem like atrial fibrillation whereas all patients with ischemic stroke were included in the study. Results: Total 125 patients were included with the mean age of 36+/-11.8 years with range 18-50. About 88(70.4%) of the patient were in the age category of 35 to 44. Whereas 30(24%) belong to 18-35 and 7(5.6%) were above and equal 45 years of age. 75(60%) of the patients were male and 50(40%) were females. Conclusion: We concluded high prevalence of hypoalbuminemia among Pakistani population. Moreover the age and hypertension is insignificantly associated with hypoalbuminemia.

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