An observational study on electrolyte disorders in the acute phase of ischemic stroke and their prognostic value.

Data on electrolyte disorders in neurological conditions and in acute stroke are somewhat scanty and not easily compared. In our Stroke Unit we studied patients hospitalized within six hours of the onset of an acute ischemic stroke and recorded their demographic and clinical data. Blood test results were recorded before any pharmacological therapy.

Diffusion-weighted MRI in patients with non-diagnostic CT in the post-acute phase of cerebral ischemia.

Background: Unenhanced computed tomography (CT) is the imaging technique used in acute stroke. In some cases it is unable to detect damage even 24-48 h after symptom onset. The aim of our work was to evaluate the diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the post-acute phase of cerebral ischemia in patients in whom CT did not yield a definitive diagnosis.