Does Antihypertensive Treatment Reduce Stroke Related Mortality and Disability in Patients with Acute ICH?
Six studies were identified that investigated antihypertensive therapy for ICH.90, 91, 144–147 Four studies were non-comparative case series designs and were excluded from our review.144–147 Two unique studies met eligibility criteria for investigating the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy for ICH and were a pre-post design (Summary Table 3).90, 91 The year of publication for each study was 199390 and 2000.91 Neither of these studies prospectively answers the clinical question posed but they were included to provide insight into relevant surrogate and safety measures.