Cross sectional observational study on red cell distribution width (RDW) in stroke patients

Abstract

Red Cell Distribution Width in past was used to differentiate between different types of anemia. In last few years, several studies have revealed that RDW is an independent risk factor for many critical clinical cases, especially for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. a cross sectional study designed to observe the RDW among the patient with stroke and among patient who are admitted in intensive care unit because of other reason.present study was conducted over a period of 1 years in a tertiary care hospital in the city of central India. A total 300intensive care unit patient were recruited in the study whom are aged above 18 years and patient/relative ready to give consent. Among them 150 were admitted with stroke which are allocated in group A (cases)and other 150 with other diseases in group B (control). Observation of the present study a total 300 participant were there 148 male and 152 female , the mean age of participants is 61.8 ±2.963 (±4.79%). 104 patient were having ischemic stroke, 46 patient were having haemorrhagic stroke .