A Study of Systolic, Diastolic Blood Pressure and Non-Invasive Mean Arterial Pressure with Regard to Adverse Events in Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke in A Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

Stroke is an important and leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. As hemorrhagic stroke has high degree of morbidity and mortality, and treatment being more with supportive therapy and interventional therapy being beyond the reach of an average Indian, it becomes imperative to identify the risk factors and prevent the event as a primary approach and it becomes important to identify the important prognosticating factors in assessing the morbidity and mortality in acute hemorrhagic strokes. Study aimed to identify an added risk factor at the time of presentation in the form of blood pressure measurement by assessing the systolic blood pressure, the diastolic blood pressure and non-invasive mean arterial blood pressure at the time of presentation to the hospital and also correlated it with the ICH score and estimated whether the blood pressure parameters could be used independently or in addition to the existing ICH scoring system to prognosticate the outcome of the hemorrhagic stroke event during in-hospital stay.