[Decrease of mortality after correction of water-electrolyte balance in basic therapy of ischemic stroke].

The subjects of the study were both 33 patients treated with a standard basic therapy including the use of diuretics, and 38 patients who at the same time, were treated with intravenous isotonic (5%) solution of glucose of keep blood serum osmolality at the upper normal level. This stabilisation of the blood osmolality has allowed the mortality to be decreased from 21.2 to 7.