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The cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) leads to rapid loss of brain function due to disturbance in blood supply of the brain. This can be due to blockage in central arteries (ischemia) or haemorrhage. As a result, the affected area of the brain stops functioning leading to hemiparesis or weakness of other body part. Stroke is the third most common cause of death in developed countries. Ischemic stroke accounts for 80-85% and the other haemorrhagic stroke accounts for 15-20% of total stroke patients. The haemorrhagic stroke is more fatal than the ischemic stroke. AIMS and Objectives: 1. To identify the pattern of haemorrhagic stroke 2. To study various factors of intracranial haemorrhage 3. To study the common sites of haemorrhagic stroke 4. To study the outcome of haemorrhagic stroke Settings and Design: 100 consecutive patients with CT proven non traumatic intracranial haemorrhage admitted from September 2016 to August2017 in BRD Medical College were included for the study. Materials and Methods: This study was cross sectional observational study. In the study detailed clinical examination, ICH score and site and size of hematoma was noted in each case on a preformed proforma. Where ever possible the DATA was analysed for statistically significance by calculating the probability by using the % difference between the DATA and standard errors. Multi variate analysis using logistic regression was applied for analysing DATA. Results: On applying multivariate analysis using logistic regression analysis for mortality we found GCS 3 and 4 (p<0.01, OR 0.03, 95% Cl 0.01-0.08) and hematoma volume > 30 cm³ (p=0.01, OR 4.34, 95% Cl 1.27-14.8) as significant predictors of mortality in ICH patients, which was comparable to previous studies. In contrary to previous studies, we did not found Intraventricular extension (p=0.14, OR 4.04, 95% Cl 0.63-25.9) as a significant factor for acute mortality. Conclusions: The following conclusions were drawn from the study:- 1. Haemorrhagic stroke incidence was slightly more in males than females (male/female= 6/5) 2. Maximum incidence of stroke was in age group 61 to 70 years. 3. Among modifiable risk factors, history of hypertension was commonest risk factor. 4. Ganglio-Capsular was the commonest site for haemorrhage. 5. Low GCS (p=<0.001) and Hematoma volume > 30 cc (p=0.01) were significant predictors of mortality. 6. Presence of Intraventricular extension was not a significant predictor for mortality, rather Morbidity was more in those cases (p=0.02). 7. Mortality was more when bleed was in the base of brain structures 8. With the increase of ICH score (>3), the mortality rate increases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Primary open angle glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible but preventable blindness in the population above the age of 40 years. This study was conducted to find out correlation between high myopia and primary open glaucoma with a view to ascertain whether high myopic (>-9 D) patients above the age of 40 years were at a higher risk of developing primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). The present study was carried out on 84 eyes of 53 high myopic patients. It was found that there was a definite correlation between high myopia and primary open angle glaucoma patients. The incidence of primary open angle glaucoma was 19.05 %, whereas in glaucoma suspect cases, it was 13.09 %. The incidence of primary open angle glaucoma was clearly associated with refractive state and increased gradually with the increase in severity of myopia. We also found a significant correlation between mean axial lengths & mean intraocular pressure and correlation between mean axial length & mean cup disc ratio of all myopic eyes. The gross appearance of the highly myopic eyes was oval or egg shaped, it was enlarged, but the elongation of the eyes was almost entirely confined to the posterior pole, the anterior half of the globe was usually normal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]