title: Analysis of hospital-based stroke registry in a neurological centre in Kolkata.
abstract: This was a retrospective analysis of 7-year (January 1995-December 2001) hospital-based in-patient medical records of stroke cases (subarachnoid haemorrhage excluded) who arrived from various parts of West Bengal. The total number of cases was 801 out of whom 792 had neuro-imaging. There were 399 caes of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and 393 cases of cerebral infarct (CI). The CI: ICH ratio was 0.98. Less than 25% patients reached hospital within 3 hours of stroke onset. Twenty-nine per cent of cases presented with mild stroke (Canadian stroke score > 8.5). Hypertension was observed in 77.3% of ICH cases. The striking finding of this study was a remarkably high number of ICH among the admitted patients. This indicates the need of population-based studies to be conducted at different parts of West Bengal to determine whether them is truly a high prevalence and incidence of ICH in this Indian state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Neurosciences Centre, Kolkata 700094.
authors.forename: Tapas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Debashis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Ashis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Alakendu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekhar
authors.forename: Deepa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology