Prevelance Of Ischemic And Hemorraghic Stroke Among Geraitic Patients Admitted In The Public Tertiary Care Hospitals Of Peshawar
Haider, Z.; Hussain, S. S.
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BackgroundStroke is a life-threatening medical condition that can result in lifelong brain impairment, complications, and demise. Stroke is the worlds second biggest cause of mortality and could soon overtake as the biggest cause of death globally. It has 2 major pathological types i.e. ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiac diseases, smoking, physical inactivity and age are the risk factors that contribute in the occurrence of a stroke. ObjectiveTo find out the epidemiological status of stroke types among patients admitted in the public tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar. MethodologyA descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of stroke types in tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar. The sample size calculated for the research study was 109. Convenience sampling technique was used in this study. ResultsThis study was performed among 109 research participants. The most affected were males as 51.13% and females were 45.87%.And the rate of ischemic stroke were 71% while that of hemorrhagic stroke were 28%. Conclusionthe current research study concluded that majority of the patients had ischemic stroke as compared to the hemorrhagic stroke.
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