Prescription of blood pressure lowering treatment after intracerebral haemorrhage: Prospective, population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Blood pressure (BP) lowering reduces the risk of recurrent stroke after intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). However, implementation of BP lowering in clinical practice in the UK is unknown.

Patients and methods

We identified adults with first-ever incident ICH to quantify the proportion who survived >14 days after hospital discharge and were prescribed BP-lowering medication in a prospective, population-based, inception cohort study in the Lothian region of Scotland during June 2010-May 2012 and January-December 2019. After the first cohort, we analysed reasons for avoiding BP-lowering medication in a sample from the Lothian region of the Scottish Stroke Care Audit during January 2017-November 2017, which informed a quality improvement intervention that was impleme

SUBMITTER: Bonello K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7995321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature