Acute Spontaneous Intra Cranial Haemorrhage- A Clinical Study of 75 Cases at Lucknow
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 4
Abstract
Objective: To study clinical features among the patients of acute spontaneous intra cranial haemorrhage (ASICH). Methods: This was a cross-section observational study. The study included 75 patients of ASICH belonging to different age groups and both sexes. A detailed history of all the patients was taken. The signs and symptoms elaborated were: headache, nausea/vomiting, altered sensorium, convulsion, neorological deficit etc. Computed tomography (CT) of head including plain and contrast was done in all the patients. Results: Out of the total 75 of ASICH patients, 56% were males and 44% were females. The most affected age groups was 51-60 years (44%). Headache was the most common symptom (81.3%) among the patients. Nausea/vomiting was the second most common symptom (46.7%). The etiological findings showed that hypertension was found among 46.7% patients. Aneurysm was observed in 17.3%. Thalamic/putaminal haematoma was the commonest CT finding among the ASICH patients (41.3%). Lobar haematoma was found to be the second most common CT finding (29.3%). Conclusion: The commonest cause of ASICH was hypertension. Anterior communicating, anterior cerebral artery junction were the commonest site for aneurysm.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. DK Vatsal, Dr Rajeev Kainth, Dr. Mazhar Husain
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