Abstract

In recent years, with more than 1.2 billion inhabitants, India is undergoing remarkable economic and demographic changes resulting in a transition from poverty related infectious and nutritional deficiency diseases toward lifestyle related cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Aim: To study the clinical profile and radiological parameters and its correlation with clinical examination in acute cerebrovascular accident in a tertiary care center. Method: Study conducted on 100 patients aged 18 and above at department of General Medicine, tertiary healthcare hospital, Rajasthan after approval from Institutional Ethical Committee from June 2018 to August 2020. Patients diagnosed of stroke both ischemic and hemorrhagic by radiological studies and Patients of age 18 yrs and above were taken into study. Detailed examination of central nervous system was done. General and other systemic examination will be done in all patients and findings will be entered into CRI. Results: The order of prevalence of site in Ischemic Stroke patients were frontal 32(40%) followed by parietal 30(37.5%), temporal 16(20%) and internal capsule 14(17.5%). Among haemorrhagic stroke, most prevalent anatomical site was basal ganglia 10(50%) Middle Cerebral Artery was the most common affected artery 10(35.7%) observed in our study. Conclusion: Ischemic stroke has higher incidence than hemorrhagic stroke. Hypertension was amongst leading risk factors and total cholesterol and high level of serum fibrinogen were most common biochemical abnormalities in stroke

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