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Abstract
Objective
It is aimed to assess the demographic details of the patients and the effects of various factors on the outcome of patients managed in the emergency Department of DHQ Rawalpindi
Materials and methods
This retrospective descriptive study was conducted over duration of 1 month at DHQ Hospital Rawalpindi. Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review board & informed consent from patient’s kin was acquired. 36 patients of Hemorrhagic stroke admitted via the ED were included by convenience sampling technique
Results
Out of 36 patients of intracerebral hemorrhage, it was seen that mean age was 58 years with a standard deviation of 13.3. Among them 80.56% were males and 19.44% were females. Majority of them about 58.33% were residents of Rawalpindi and rest 41.67% belonged from outside Rawalpindi. All of the participants had their systolic BP, diastolic BP and GCS checked; it was also seen that on presentation 41% of patients had aspirated. Moreover it was observed that smokers were at highest risk of intraventricular extension followed by naswar addicts and nonsmokers that were equally threatened. Among 36 patients only 9 had intraventricular extension, out of which 7 were smokers, 1 was nonsmoker and 1 was a naswar addict.
Conclusion
Smokers in general are at increased risk of worse outcome compared to their non-smoker counterparts due to multiple pathological processes caused by use of tobacco