Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
One hundred cases of hypertensive complications due to irregular drug-therapy were studied in medicine units of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for the period of one year from February 7, 1989 to February 6, 1990. Among those stroke had headed the list (48%) manifesting in various ways e.g. cerebral haemorrhage with focal neurological signs-‘ hemiplegia, hemiperesis, aphasia etc. Hypertension associated with varying degrees of cardiac ischaemias and heart failure was seen in 14% and 10% cases respectively…