PROGNSTIC FACTORS IN HEMORRHAGIC STROKES

Abstract

Strokes is the most common serious neurological condition in clinical practice it is the third leading cause of death throughout the industrialized world, after heart disease and cancer. The aim of this study is to answer in a more or less definite '« scientific and if possible measurable way the questions raised by the patient and family about prognosis and prognostic factor of intracerebral hemorrhage. In this study we included prospectively (100) patients with hemorrhagic strokes, 48 of them were males and 52 of them were females within the ]" 30 hours from onset. · Their ages varied from 25 years to above 65 years old. 58 cases live in rural area and 42 cases in urban areas. All patients subjected to full general physical examination, full neurological examination, neurological assessment on arrival using the following scales, Glasgow coma scale, Mini-mental state, Canadian neurological scales and National institute of health (NIH) scale . All patient were tested for the following blood glucose level, red blood corpuscles, platelet count, white blood corpuscles, hematocrit, cholesterol triglycerides, blood urea and serum creatinine. All patients were subjected to CAT scan to define the etiology. Follow up assessment were attempted on all living at out-patient clinic in Benha university hospital or at patients home twelve months after the onset.