Blood pressure goal in the acute phase of Intracerebral Hemorrhage

What is the blood pressure goal in the acute phase of Intracerebral Hemorrhage? 

The 2010 AHA Stroke Council Guidelines recommended to keep blood pressure <160/90 mm Hg or MAP <110 mm Hg.

However, data from the INTERACT trial suggested that intensive systolic blood pressure lowering to <140 mm Hg is safe and was associated with better functional outcome on ordinal analysis of modified Rankin scale scores.

In practice, many neurointensivists recommend keeping systolic blood pressure <140 mm Hg pending the results of ongoing ATACH 2 phase 3 clinical trials comparing intensive blood pressure lowering (<140 mm Hg) versus standard blood pressure (<180 mm Hg).

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