Open AccessRelationship Between Hyperacute Blood Pressure and Outcome After Ischemic Stroke
Author(s) -
Gillian M. Sare,
Myzoon Ali,
Ashfaq Shuaib,
Philip M. Bath
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.539155
Subject(s) - medicine , modified rankin scale , odds ratio , confounding , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , blood pressure , logistic regression , cardiology , ischemic stroke , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
High blood pressure (BP) is associated independently with poor outcome after acute ischemic stroke, although in most analyses "baseline" BP was measured 24 hours or more postictus, and not during the hyperacute period.
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