Prescription of blood pressure lowering treatment after intracerebral haemorrhage: Prospective, population-based cohort study.

Introduction: Blood pressure (BP) lowering reduces the risk of recurrent stroke after intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). However, implementation of BP lowering in clinical practice in the UK is unknown.

Patients And Methods: We identified adults with first-ever incident ICH to quantify the proportion who survived >14 days after hospital discharge and were prescribed BP-lowering medication in a prospective, population-based, inception cohort study in the Lothian region of Scotland during June 2010-May 2012 and January-December 2019.