A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE FREQUENCY OF ISCHEMIC AND HEMORRHAGIC STROKE AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION.

摘要

Objectives: The aim behind this study was assess the frequency of ischemicand hemorrhagic stroke and associated risk factors in patients with hypertension. StudyDesign: Cross sectional study. Period: One year from (1st April 2016 to 28th February 2017).Setting: Department of Medicine People’s Medical University, Shaheed Benazirabad. Materialand Methods: This study was a hospital based study in which sampling was done through apurposive sampling technique. A total of 160 patients admitted with stroke were included in ourstudy. After taking informed consent patient’s relevant history and examination were carried out.CT-Scan was done to confirm and different between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. SPSSversion 17.0 was used to analyze the collected data. Results: Ischemic stroke was observedin 105 (66%) patients and 55 (34%) were suffered hemorrhagic stroke. Hypertension was 100%in both types of storks in ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. Rate of diabetes mellitus,dyslipidemia and smoking were significantly high in hemorrhagic stroke than ischemic stroke(p0.01). Conclusion: We found a high prevalence of ischemic stroke than hemorrhagic strokein our population. Among associated factors gender, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes andsmoking were prevalent in both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients.