INTRODUCTION:Cerebrovascular accident (commonly called stroke) is dened as an abrupt onset of a neurologic decit that is attributable to a
focal vascular cause. Thus, the diagnosis of stroke is clinical and laboratory studies including brain imaging are used to support the diagnosis
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the serum levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in different types of cerebrovascular
accidents on admission.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was an institution based cross-sectional study designed to investigate the association of hs-CRP
levels with stroke and its types in Indian patients. The study was done in the Department of Medicine, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital,
Laheriasarai, Bihar from march 2019 to March 2020. 50 patients of either sex above 12 years of age admitted in Medicine Department of DMCH,
Laheriasarai, Bihar with clinically or radiologically diagnosed stroke.
RESULT: The mean level of hsCRP (mean ± s.d.) of the cases in our study was 7.65±7.01 with range 1.4 – 26 and the median was 3.7 and 58% of
the cases were having level of hsCRP≥3 (p=0.023).Mean level of hsCRPof cases was signicantly higher than that of control (t98=7.25;p=0.001).
CONCLUSION:We concluded that hs-CRPlevel is increased in cases of cerebrovascular accident- ischemic as well as haemorrhagic, suggesting
an inammatory response in acute cerebrovascular accident. hs-CRP level is increased in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular accident
dramatically but not in haemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident which might be considered as useful adjunct method for determining type of stroke
in patients with cerebrovascular problems.
Cross-sectinal and longitudinal associations between serum levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein, resistin and knee bone marrow lesions in patients with knee osteoarthritis