Treatment of Hyperglycemia Ischemic Stroke(THIS)Trial

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The broad, long-term objectives of this proposal are to test, in a subsequent large clinical efficacy trial, if strict control of hyperglycemia in the first 3 days of stroke, with intravenous insulin, will result in better patient outcomes at 3 months than less strict, standard treatment. The specific aims of this Pilot Clinical Trial are: 1) to refine an intravenous insulin protocol that will control hyperglycemia in the first 3 days of stroke better then a standard subcutaneous insulin treatment protocol; 2) to refine the proposed intravenous insulin protocol so that hypoglycemia (glucose