Open AccessClinical Profile and Outcomes in Patients with Acute Intracerebral Haemorrhage Presenting to the Emergency Department at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, South India
Author(s) -
Subramanyam Penubaku,
Madhusudhan Mukkara,
Kanchi Mitra Bhargav,
Vijay Chandra,
Sneha Raju,
Gireesh Kumar,
Ariya Lakshmi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4802
pISSN - 2278-4748
DOI - 10.14260/jemds/2021/329
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , emergency department , bleed , intracerebral hemorrhage , stroke (engine) , coma (optics) , population , pediatrics , mortality rate , midline shift , surgery , computed tomography , mechanical engineering , physics , environmental health , optics , psychiatry , engineering
BACKGROUND World Health Organisation (WHO) defined stroke as rapidly developing clinical signs of focal disturbance of cerebral function, lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than vascular origin. Prognostic factors for predicting functional outcome and mortality play a major role in determining the treatment outcome. We intended to study the clinical charecteristics and outcome of patients with intracerebral bleeding coming to emergency room. METHODS Patients more than 18 years of age who were diagnosed to have intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) on CT brain plain scan were included in the study. Age 40 c.c. CONCLUSION Males in their sixth decade were the most affected in our study on ICH. Cerebellar and brainstem haemorrhages had higher mortality, though putamen is the commonest site of haemorrhage, low Glasgow Coma Scores and high ICH scores were associated with increased mortality. KEY WORDS Stroke, Haemorrhage, Intracerebral, Prognosis, Bleed