frequency of recurrence in primary hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage

ABSTRACT

Primary intracerebral Hemorrhage [PICH] is a devasting illness with high early mortality which causes 10 -12 percent of stroke cases. Survivors of PICH are at risk for recurrence of hemorrhage. We wanted to determine the frequency of recurrence of ICH in patients with PICH at Alzahra and Noor hospital Isfahan, Iran. A descriptive retrospective study was did on the hospital records of patients with a discharge diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage to identify the cases. Data were gathered by means of a check list and were analysed by using SPSS statistical software. A total number of 660 cases were identified by computer search. After abstraction, 400 patients with primary hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage were identified. Widespread distribution of recurrence of ICH were 65 cases which 33 cases of them were men and 32 cases were women. Totally, 16 .25 percent of patients had recurrence which is greater risk of recurrence in comparison to other studies