Background Prognosis after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is poor and care-limiting
decisions may worsen outcomes. Aims To determine whether in current UK stroke practice …

Objective: Early mortality is a potential measure of the quality of care provided to
hospitalized stroke patients. Whether in-hospital stroke mortality is reflective of deviations …

Background and Aims Providing evidence-based clinical care reduces disability and
mortality rates following stroke. We examined if compliance with evidence-based processes …

Background The benefit of palliative care referral for severe stroke patients on end‐of‐life
care pathway (EOLCP) is increasingly recognised. Palliative care provides assistance with …

Objectives The case fatality from spontaneous ICH (SICH) remains high. The quality and
intensity of early treatment is one of the determinants of the outcome. We aimed to study the …

Background—A predictive model of stroke mortality may be useful for clinicians to improve
communication with and care of hospitalized patients. Our aim was to identify predictors of …

Objectives To identify factors associated with the decision to transfer and/or operate on
patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) at a UK regional neurosurgical centre and …

Background Primary intracerebral haemorrhage (PICH) is associated with a poorer outcome
than cerebral infarction. This study aimed to determine whether this is explained by the …

2954 Stroke October 2013 cut point of 27.672. Thus, patients with lower GCS scores, greater
age, and larger ICH volumes were expected to fair less well, and the definition of favorable …

Objective: As common prognostication models in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are
developed variably including patients with early (< 24 hours) care limitations (ECL), we …