Management of blood pressure in stroke
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Blood pressure management in acute stroke
Correspondence to Professor Philip M Bath; [email protected] ABSTRACT Blood pressure (BP) is elevated in 75% or more of patients with acute stroke and is associated with poor outcomes. Whether to modulate BP in acute stroke has long been debated. With the loss of normal cerebral autoregulation, theoretical concerns are twofold: high BP can lead to cerebral oedema, haematoma expansion...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2590-0862
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchy.2019.100021