Frequency of elevated systolic blood pressure and early mortality in patients with Intracerebral hemorrhage.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of elevated systolic blood pressure and early mortality in patients with Intracerebral hemorrhage. Study Design: Descriptive Case Series study. Setting: Department of Medicine, Unit IV of Jinnah Hospital Lahore. Period: 6^th April 2018 to 7^th October 2018. Material & Methods: Total 335 patients of intracerebral hemorrhage, fulfilling inclusion criteria were recruited for the study. Blood pressure levels was measured by researcher using random-zero sphygmomanometers with the subject lying quietly. Two readings of blood pressure 5 minutes apart were taken and average of the two readings was noted in the proforma. CT scan brain was done and analyzed by consultant radiologist. These study cases were followed till discharge to note outcome (mortality). Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 20. Frequency and percentages were used for expressing qualitative variables while quantitative variables were expressed in the form of mean and standard deviation. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 64.39 + 8.50 years. Majority of the cases were males with the frequency of 285(85.1%). Early mortality was noted in 132(39%) of cases. Diabetes Mellitus was noted in 144(43%) of cases. There was significant difference noted with p-value<0.05 for early mortality in elevated versus normal blood pressure people. Conclusion: Significant proportion of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage patients have elevated blood pressure and suffer from early mortality.