The shock index predicts acute mortality outcomes in stroke

Shock index (SI) (ratio between heart rate and systolic blood pressure) has been shown to be associated with poor mortality outcomes in trauma and pneumonia; however it has yet to be examined in stroke. We aimed to examine the relationship between SI and acute outcomes of inpatient, 3-day and 7-day mortality in stroke. Secondly, we aimed to compare SI and systolic blood pressure (SBP) alone in predicting above outcomes.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - January 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Stephen J. McCall, Stanley D. Musgrave, John F. Potter, Rachel Hale, Allan B. Clark, Mamas A. Mamas, Anthony K. Metcalf, Diana J. Day, Elizabeth A. Warburton, Max O. Bachmann, Phyo K. Myint, On behalf of the Anglia Stroke Clinical Network Evaluation Study Source Type: research