Clinical profile of Ischemic stroke patients in an Ethnic population of North India.

Dr Atif Rasool Kawoosa; Dr. Shubana Ashraf; Dr Sajad Ahmad Tak

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Clinical profile of Ischemic stroke patients in an Ethnic population of North India.

Dr Atif Rasool Kawoosa, Dr. Shubana Ashraf, Dr Sajad Ahmad Tak

Abstract :

Introduction: With such a great burden of Stroke in the whole world in general and the developing countries in particular, the effective intervention would naturally be at a primary level. And as such the study of the population characteristics is of the prime importance. Aim: We aimed to study various clinico–biochemical parameters of the stoke patients in our region. Methodology: We collected and evaluated the data from 150 Ischemic Stroke patients for their Age, Gender, Smoking status, Diabetic status, Blood pleasure, Lipid profile, Type of Ischemic stroke and Severity of stroke. Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS software (V.11.5). Results : The number of patients increased as the age increased (age > 60 years were 46.66 % of all). Males were more numerous than Females, more so in lower age group. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor in both males and females. Large Vessel strokes were more common (68.66%) than small vessel strokes (31.33%). In patients aged > 60 years, especially in the males, the severity of Ischemic stroke was more. Conclusion: An effective intervention to reduce the burden of stroke in our population would be to take steps to identify prevent and cure Hypertension, besides dyslipidemia and DM