Open AccessThe Influence of Diffusion Weighted Imaging Lesions on Outcomes in Patients with Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Rajeev Garg,
Jawad Khan,
Robert J. Dawe,
James Conners,
Sayona John,
Shyam Prabhakaran,
Mehmet Koçak,
Sudeep Bhabad,
Sean L. Simpson,
Bo Ouyang,
Miral D. Jhaveri,
Thomas P. Bleck
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neurocritical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1556-0961
pISSN - 1541-6933
DOI - 10.1007/s12028-020-00933-3
Subject(s) - medicine , intracerebral hemorrhage , logistic regression , gee , neurology , modified rankin scale , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , cohort , lesion , odds ratio , generalized estimating equation , prospective cohort study , cohort study , observational study , surgery , glasgow coma scale , psychiatry , statistics , ischemic stroke , mathematics , ischemia
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) lesions have been well described in patients with acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH). However, there are limited data on the influence of these lesions on sICH functional outcomes. We conducted a prospective observational cohort study with blinded imaging and outcomes assessment to determine the influence of DWI lesions on long-term outcomes in patients with acute sICH. We hypothesized that DWI lesions are associated with worse modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 3 months after hospital discharge.