Demographic Variables, Co morbidities and Clinical Presentation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) in a tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh: A Cross Sectional Study

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has remained the least treatable form of stroke despite recent improvements in medical treatment. Treatment usually supportive and medical such as ventilatory support, blood pressure reduction, osmotherapy, fever control, seizure control and nutritional support and treatment of co morbidconditions. This study was carried out to see demographic variability, clinical presentation, causes and outcome of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Methods and Materials: This was a cross sectional observational prospective in study on 50 spontaneous ICH patients admitted in Medicine department of Khulna Medical College Hospital from November 2020 to April, 2021. Result: The study showed that spontaneous ICH was most common in between 41-70 years. Their age frequency were 14 (28%) in 41-50 years, 15 (30%) in 51-60 years, 12 (24%) in 61-70 years, 5 (10%) in 71- 80 years and 4 (8%) in more than 81 years age group. Among the patients, 64% (32) were male and 36% (18) were female. Headache, vomiting and seizure was present in 28, 27 and 8 patients respectively. Diabetes mellitus was present in 22% (11) of patients and absent in 78% (39) patients. Range of blood pressure at presentation –