Babak B Navi1, Neal S Parikh2, Michael P Lerario2, Alexander E Merkler2, Richard I Lappin3, Jahan Fahimi4, Costantino Iadecola5, Hooman Kamel5. 1. Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. Electronic address: ban9003@med.cornell.edu. 2. Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. 3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. 4. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California. 5. Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent literature suggests that acute rises in blood pressure may precede intracerebral hemorrhage. We therefore hypothesized that patients discharged from the emergency department with hypertension face an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in subsequent weeks. METHODS: Using administrative claims data from California, New York, and Florida, we identified all patients discharged from the emergency department from 2005 to 2011 with a primary diagnosis of hypertension (ICD-9-CM codes 401-405). We excluded patients if they were hospitalized from the emergency department or had prior histories of cerebrovascular disease at the index visit with hypertension. We used the Mantel-Haenszel estimator for matched data to compare each patient's odds of intracerebral hemorrhage during days 8-38 after emergency department discharge to the same patient's odds during days 373-403 after discharge. This cohort-crossover design with a 1-week washout period enabled individual patients to serve as their own controls, thereby minimizing confounding bias. RESULTS: Among the 552,569 patients discharged from the emergency department with a primary diagnosis of hypertension, 93 (.017%) were diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage during days 8-38 after discharge compared to 70 (.013%) during days 373-403 (odds ratio 1.33, 95% confidence interval .96-1.84). The odds of intracerebral hemorrhage were increased in certain subgroups of patients (≥60 years of age and those with secondary discharge diagnoses besides hypertension), but absolute risks were low in all subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with emergency department discharges for hypertension do not face a substantially increased short-term risk of intracerebral hemorrhage after discharge.
BACKGROUND: Recent literature suggests that acute rises in blood pressure may precede intracerebral hemorrhage. We therefore hypothesized that patients discharged from the emergency department with hypertension face an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in subsequent weeks. METHODS: Using administrative claims data from California, New York, and Florida, we identified all patients discharged from the emergency department from 2005 to 2011 with a primary diagnosis of hypertension (ICD-9-CM codes 401-405). We excluded patients if they were hospitalized from the emergency department or had prior histories of cerebrovascular disease at the index visit with hypertension. We used the Mantel-Haenszel estimator for matched data to compare each patient's odds of intracerebral hemorrhage during days 8-38 after emergency department discharge to the same patient's odds during days 373-403 after discharge. This cohort-crossover design with a 1-week washout period enabled individual patients to serve as their own controls, thereby minimizing confounding bias. RESULTS: Among the 552,569 patients discharged from the emergency department with a primary diagnosis of hypertension, 93 (.017%) were diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage during days 8-38 after discharge compared to 70 (.013%) during days 373-403 (odds ratio 1.33, 95% confidence interval .96-1.84). The odds of intracerebral hemorrhage were increased in certain subgroups of patients (≥60 years of age and those with secondary discharge diagnoses besides hypertension), but absolute risks were low in all subgroups. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with emergency department discharges for hypertension do not face a substantially increased short-term risk of intracerebral hemorrhage after discharge.
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