Pashapoor A, Sadreddini Sa,
Volume 60, Issue 1 (13 2002)
Abstract
This study is carried out to determine effective risk factors for early death and their causes in those who died due to intra cerebral hemorrhage within 30 days.
Materials and Methods: From patients who have been admitted in Neurologic ward of Imam Khomeini hospital in Tabriz, We enrolled 100 patients with intra cerebral hemorrhage and the causes and risk factors effective in early death were evaluated among these patients by age, sex, blood pressure, level of consciousness, location of hematoma, CT findings and other risk factors.
Results: We enrolled 100 patients who died due to intra cerebral Hemorrhage among 358 patients with I.C.H, 62 male and 38 female, with mean age of 60.8. The time course of hospitalization was 4.5 days. The most important risk factor was hypertension on 90 percent of patients, previous C.V.A on 28 percent other risk time of admission in 66 percent of patients with G.C.S under 8.
Conclusion: Hypertension was the most common and important risk factors and male gender and age were the second risk factors for early death with intra cerebral hemorrhage.
