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Time-Dependent Association Between Prehospital Blood Pressure and Outcomes in Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Blood pressure matters more for brain hemorrhage survival when patients reach the hospital slowly, suggesting EMS guidelines should account for arrival time.

This registry-based study of 690 ICH patients demonstrates that elevated prehospital blood pressure predicts in-hospital mortality only when onset-to-arrival time exceeds 3 hours, suggesting that BP management thresholds should be contextualized by time-to-hospital arrival in prehospital ICH protocols. These findings have potential implications for EMS-initiated BP targets in spontaneous ICH.

What the study was

Study design
Retrospective cohort study using prospectively maintained stroke registry
Population
Adults ≥18y with spontaneous ICH transported by EMS within 24h, tertiary center Taipei, 2016-2022; n=690 (336 early <3h, 354 late ≥3h)
Sample size
690
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Validated
Journal
European Journal of Neurology

Why it surfaced

Clinically relevant time-stratified analysis of prehospital BP in ICH; novel nuance for EMS protocol design. Large registry, rigorous multivariable adjustment and RCS analysis.

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