Hypertension and diabetes as predictors of early death after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 110 (3), 411-417
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2008.8.jns08445
Abstract
Previous investigators have suggested that a high mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) and an elevated plasma glucose level at admission are associated with a poor outcome after hemorrhagic stroke. It remains unclear, however, whether hypertension and diabetes are responsible for this effect. High admission MABP and plasma glucose levels may also be markers of other factors such as stroke severity. The authors retrospectively investigated the role of a high admission MABP and plasma glucose level together with other predictors of early death among 379 nonsurgical patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs) who were admitted to the stroke unit of Oulu University Hospital. The 3-month mortality rate was 28%. The patients who died within 3 months of ICH had significantly higher plasma glucose levels and MABPs at admission (p < 0.001). After adjustments for patient sex, age, size and location of hematoma, Glasgow Coma Scale score at admission, presence of intraventricular hemorrhage, history of cardiac disease, and previous use of warfarin, history of diabetes (relative risk 1.61, 95% CI 1.03-2.53, p < 0.05) and high MABP at admission (relative risk 1.01 per mm Hg, 95% CI 1.00-1.02, p < 0.05) remained independent predictors of death 3 months after ICH. A high admission plasma glucose level and history of hypertension were not independent predictors of death. A high MABP at admission was found to be an independent predictor of early death in patients with ICH. History of hypertension was not responsible for the effect. Admission hyperglycemia appeared to be a stress response to the severity of the bleeding, whereas diabetes predicted early death.Keywords
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