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    Hypertension With Non-Hemorrhagic Strokein Indonesia Christian University General Hospital

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    Background: Hypertension is a significant public health problem. It is estimated that 1.13 billion people suffer from hypertension worldwide. In Indonesia, hypertension ranks first in non-communicable diseases with the number of cases reaching 185,857 in 2018. One of the main complications of hypertension is stroke. Stroke is a common neurological disease in the form of focal and global neurological deficits. Stroke is divided into non-hemorrhagic (ischemic) and hemorrhagic. Objective: This study evaluates hypertensive patients with Non-Hemorrhagic Stroke at the General Hospital of the Indonesian Christian University (UKI), Jakarta Methods: The population in this study were hypertensive patients with non-hemorrhagic stroke, both inpatient and outpatient at UKI General Hospital for the period January 1 - March 31, 2019. The research used a description of design qualitative with secondary data from medical records. Hypertension criteria based on the Joint National Committee VIII. Results: In this study, 30 samples were obtained that met the inclusion criteria at UKI General Hospital from January 1, 2019 – March 31, 2019. The most stage 2 hypertension, 11 patients (36.7%), for the most age regardless of gender, age 56- 65 years old 14 patients (43.3%), based on body mass index the most obesity type 1 as many as 16 patients (53.3%). The first attack occurred in 23 patients (76.7%). The most comorbidity was 10 diabetics (33.3%). Conclusion: Stroke is one of the most common complications of hypertension besides coronary heart disease. For this reason, it is still necessary to do early prevention from health facilities, especially the first level so that the incidence of stroke does not increase. Keywords: Hypertension, Non-Hemorrhagic Stroke, JNC VII
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