Combined utility of white blood cell count and blood glucose for predicting in-hospital outcomes in acute ischemic stroke

Abstract Background High white blood cell (WBC) count and high blood glucose level are risk factors for mortality and pneumonia after acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We investigated the combined effect of high WBC count and high blood glucose level on hospital admission and in-hospital mortality and pn...

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Main Authors: Shoujiang You, Zhijie Ou, Wei Zhang, Danni Zheng, Chongke Zhong, Xiaofeng Dong, Chenhong Qiu, Taosheng Lu, Yongjun Cao, Chun-Feng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-019-1422-7