Are the lipid panels obtained during the first 24 hours of an acute stroke accurate?
A. It appears that serum lipid levels remain stable following acute ischemic stroke, consistent with the absence of an acute phase response. A study by the Northern Manhattan Stroke Group of nineteen subjects who presented with acute moderately severe and severe ischemic strokes showed that there were no significant changes in mean serum lipid levels over a 4-week study period. In addition, there were no significant changes in established acute phase or nutritional markers like C-reactive protein, alpha 1-glycoprotein, haptoglobin or serum albumin. Q.
