Abstract

Introduction: Intra parenchymal haemorrhage (IPH) which is a form of stroke syndrome results from the rupture of an intracerebral vessel leading to the development of a hematoma in the substance of the brain. Various factors have been identified as predicting outcome including age, gender, race, initial MAP, temperature, volume of bleed, site of bleed, intraventricular extension, mass effect and initial level of consciousness. Hence this study was done to evaluate various prognostic factors in predicting 30-day outcome (assessed by NIHSS score) of patients with non- traumatic intraparenchymal haemorrhage. Methodology: An observational analytical study was done in 100 adult patients with acute stroke admitted in the medical ward of tertiary care hospital during October 2020 to January 2022. Institutional ethical committee clearance and patient’s written informed consent was taken. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire which includes age, gender, temperature in °F at admission, mean arterial pressure (MAP), Glasgow coma score (GCS) at admission to assess the severity of the bleed. CT brain was done on the day of admission and the following data were collected volume of Bleed, location of Bleed, presence / absence of Intraventricular haemorrhage. Data entered in MS excel. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20 chisquare statistic and student T test was used with P<0.05 considered as statistically significant.

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