Document Type
Article
Department
Neurology
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify frequency of hypotension in a large cohort of patients with intracerebral haemorrhage and its prognostic significance.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 920 patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). Patients were divided in three groups based on Diastolic blood pressure (DBP); hypotensive group (DBP < 70 mmHg), normotensive group (DBP; 71-90 mmHg) and hypertensive group (DBP > 90 mmHg).
RESULTS: Of the total patients with ICH, 7% (64) presented with hypotension, 13% (120) were normotensive and 80% (736) were hypertensive. In the hypotensive group, 37% (24) patients died as compared to 25%(30) in normotensive group and 25% (182) in hypertensive group (p = 0.03). Hypotension at presentation, thalamic and lobar haemorrhages were predictors of poor outcome. Patients with diastolic BP of less than 70 were significantly more likely to die than with DBP 71-90 (OR = 1.9, 95% CI; 1.1-2.9, p = 0.03). This relationship was still significant after adjusting for age, sex, history of presentation, coma at presentation and location of haemorrhage (OR = 1.45, 95% CI; 1.0-2.2, p = 0.045).
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that hypotension at presentation is a predictor of poor outcome in patients with ICH. Patients with diastolic blood pressure less than 70 are more likely to have a fatal outcome as compared to those with normal blood pressure.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Wasay, M.,
Khealani, B.,
Shafqat, S.,
Kamal, A.,
Syed, N.
(2008). Hypotension at presentation is an indicator of poor prognosis in acute intracerebral haemorrhage. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 58(7), 359-61.
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