Verschoof MA, Groot AE, Vermeij JD, et al. - Researchers intended to determine if there is a connection between baseline low blood pressure and outcomes in individuals with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). For this investigation, patients with AIS and low (< 10th percentile) baseline systolic blood pressure (SBP) were compared with those with normal SBP (≥ 10th percentile < 185 mm Hg). The authors discovered that 2,124 out of 2,538 individuals had AIS. They observed that the cutoff for low SBP was 130 mm Hg (n = 212; range, 70–129 mm Hg). There were 1,440 patients with normal SBP (range, 130–184 mm Hg). Either induced or consequential, low SBP was linked to increased risk of in-hospital mortality and complications, specifically heart failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, and sepsis at present in patients with AIS. Physicians should be vigilant about possible complications that can be treated.