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Document 1 of 1 The Influence of Food Ingestion on Blood Pressure in Stroke Patients Author: Rowat, Anne M; Wardlaw, Joanna M; Dennis, Martin S; Warlow, Charles P ProQuest document link Abstract: We aimed to investigate whether and how often changes in blood pressure (BP) were occurring inrelation to eating in a large sample of acute stroke patients. BP was measured non-invasively at 5-min intervalsfrom 10 min before the meal, throughout the meal and for 10 min after completion of the meal while the patientwas seated. Stroke patients (n = 93) had a higher BP at baseline than both elderly (n = 49) and young controls(n = 20), which was statistically significant. There were no significant differences in the magnitude of change ofBP during the meal between the three groups. Compared with the average baseline BP recordings, stroke andelderly control patients, but not young healthy control subjects, had a significant fall in average BP recordings by3-4 mm Hg. Falls of >or =10 mm Hg in systolic BP immediately after finishing the meal were observed in asimilar frequency of stroke (26%) and elderly patients (22%) and in a small number of young controls (10%).These data suggest that acute stroke and elderly patients have similar changes in BP during and immediatelyafter eating. Although reassuring, these results may have greater implications in patients with acute ischaemicstroke, although it is unclear whether changes in BP of this magnitude and duration might influence the fate ofthe penumbral brain tissue and thus the clinical outcome after stroke. Copyright © 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel MeSH: Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 & over, Aging -- physiology, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Male, Middle Aged,Postprandial Period, Reference Values, Blood Pressure -- physiology (major), Eating -- physiology (major),Stroke -- physiopathology (major) Publication title: Cerebrovascular Diseases Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Pages: 152-8 Number of pages: 7 Publication year: 2001 Publication date: 2001 Year: 2001 Publisher: S. Karger AG Place of publication: Basel Country of publication: Switzerland Publication subject: Medical Sciences ISSN: 10159770 Source type: Scholarly Journals Language of publication: English Document type: Journal Article

Accession number: 11641578 ProQuest document ID: 221144490 Document URL: http://search.proquest.com/docview/221144490?accountid=50673 Copyright: Copyright (c) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel Last updated: 2013-01-28 Database: ProQuest Medical Library

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