Poststroke Hyperglycemia (PSH) occurs when there is a significant increase in blood glucose level after stroke attack. PSH has been known to cause various negative effects on stroke patients. PSH therapy recommendation from various guidelines nowadays is insulin-based therapy. On the other hand, many clinicians use various approaches in overcoming this condition, one of which is not treating PSH patients (probably specific PSH patients). This study aims to describe outcomes in PSH patients untreated with antihyperglycemia agent. This study uses a non experimental design with a descriptive and analytical approach. Data was obtained retrospectively through medical records of stroke patients hospitalized from October 2011–October 2012 in a private hospital in Yogyakarta. Patients were stated as PSH if the admission blood glucose level was ≥140 mg/dL. PSH patients were classified based on their history of diabetes mellitus (DM); diabetic or non diabetic. Outcome in untreated PSH patients was described through blood glucose level after ±24 hours hospitalized and their final condition in the hospital.
The result of this study showed that most of untreated PSH patients (96.88%) were non diabetic patients with a baseline of 140–180 mg/dL on their admission blood glucose level (71.88%). Outcome of blood glucose level after ±24 hours of hospitalization revealed 55.38% of the patients didn\u27t have their blood glucose level recorded, while 33,85% had a decrease in glucose level and the remaining 10.77% had a rise in their glucose level. Patients\u27 final conditions were mostly getting better (68.75%), but there were 29.69% of patients who died during hospitalization. The various outcomes seen in untreated PSH patients should give awareness for clinicians to have a complete record on patients\u27 blood glucose level throughout the acute phase of stroke in order to decide for the best treatment. Hence, negative effect following hyperglycemia condition (including mild hyperglycemia) in stroke patients could be prevented..
Key words: poststroke hyperglycemia, outcome, antihyperglycemia
