Predictors pf ischemic versus hemorrhagic strokes in hypertensive patients
JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 2005; 15 (1): 22-25
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ABSTRACT
To identify the factors that predispose to ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke in hypertensive patients. Cohort study. The study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital [AKUH], Karachi, from August 1999 to May 2001. All the hypertensive patients, who were registered in AKUH acute stroke outcome data base, over a period of 22 months, were identified and from this cohort the patients with first ever stroke were selected. The data regarding demographics, stroke type [ischemic vs. hemorrhagic], pre-existing medical problems, laboratory and radiological investigations was recorded and analyzed. Five hundred and nineteen patients with either ischemic stroke or parenchymal hemorrhage were registered over a period of 22 months. Three hundred and forty-eight patients [67%] had hypertension and of these, 250 had first ever stroke at the time of admission. Presence of diabetes mellitus [OR 3.76; CI 1.67-8.46] and ischemic heart disease [OR 6.97; CI 1.57-30.98] were found to be independent predictors of ischemic strokes. Presence of diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease predict ischemic stroke in a patient with hypertension
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Index:
IMEMR
Main subject:
Brain Ischemia
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Risk Factors
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Stroke
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Intracranial Hemorrhages
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pak.
Year:
2005