Relationships between brain and body temperature, clinical and imaging outcomes after ischemic stroke
Stroke Reports Wednesday, April 17th, 2013Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism: April 10, 2013
Pyrexia soon after stroke is associated with severe stroke and poor functional outcome. Few studies have assessed brain temperature after stroke in patients, so little is known of its associations with body temperature, stroke severity, or outcome. We measured temperatures in ischemic and normal-appearing brain using 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its correlations with body (tympanic) temperature measured four-hourly, infarct growth by 5 days, early neurologic (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, NIHSS) and late functional outcome (death or dependency). Read more
