Rapid Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
The University of Sydney · Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · +21 more institutions
Abstract
Whether rapid lowering of elevated blood pressure would improve the outcome in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage is not known.
We randomly assigned 2839 patients who had had a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage within the previous 6 hours and who had elevated systolic blood pressure to receive intensive treatment to lower their blood pressure (with a target systolic level of
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 81.39
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 29
Authors
21- CSCraig S. AndersonCorresponding
The University of Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, The George Institute for Global Health
- EHEmma Heeley
The University of Sydney
- YHYining Huang
Peking University, Peking University First Hospital
- JWJi‐Guang Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- CSChristian Stapf
Délégation Paris 7, Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Lariboisière
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Odds ratio
- Modified Rankin Scale
- Blood pressure
- Intracerebral hemorrhage
- Confidence interval
- Guideline
- Internal medicine
- Good health and well-being