[Comment] Blood pressure in acute stroke

[Comment] Blood pressure in acute stroke

The Lancet Neurology

Although great advances have been made in stroke medicine in the past two decades, some questions about treatment in the acute phase of stroke remain. One such question is how to manage blood pressure? Blood pressure is often increased in acute ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, and findings from epidemiological studies suggest that high blood pressure in the acute phase is associated with poor outcome. The results of three large randomised clinical trials on blood pressure lowering in acute stroke—the Chinese Antihypertensive Trial in Acute Ischaemic Stroke, the Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Haemorrhage Trial (INTERACT-2), and the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial—suggest that treatment should differ according to the type of stroke.

Original Article: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(14)70042-0/fulltext?rss=yes

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