Withdrawal of support in intracerebral hemorrhage may lead to self-fulfilling prophecies

KJ Becker, AB Baxter, WA Cohen, HM Bybee… - Neurology, 2001 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Withdrawal of support in patients with severe brain injury invariably leads to
death. Preconceived notions about futility of care in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage …

Full medical support for intracerebral hemorrhage

LB Morgenstern, DB Zahuranec, BN Sánchez… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that patients without placement of new do-not-
resuscitate (DNR) orders during the first 5 days after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have …

Variability in physician prognosis and recommendations after intracerebral hemorrhage

DB Zahuranec, A Fagerlin, BN Sánchez, ME Roney… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To assess physician prognosis and treatment recommendations for intracerebral
hemorrhage (ICH) and to determine the effect of providing physicians a validated prognostic …

How patients die after intracerebral hemorrhage

AM Naidech, RA Bernstein, SL Bassin, RK Garg… - Neurocritical care, 2009 - Springer
Introduction Severity of illness scores predict all-cause mortality after intracerebral
hemorrhage (ICH), but do not differentiate between proximate mechanisms or predict the …

Clinician judgment vs formal scales for predicting intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes

DY Hwang, CA Dell, MJ Sparks, TD Watson… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare the performance of formal prognostic instruments vs subjective
clinical judgment with regards to predicting functional outcome in patients with spontaneous …

Early care limitations independently predict mortality after intracerebral hemorrhage

DB Zahuranec, DL Brown, LD Lisabeth, NR Gonzales… - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is associated with a high early mortality rate. We
examined the impact of early do not resuscitate (DNR) orders and other limitations in …

Long-term prognosis after recovery from primary intracerebral hemorrhage

SE Vermeer, A Algra, CL Franke, PJ Koudstaal… - Neurology, 2002 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Little is known about the long-term outcome for patients who recover from a
primary intracerebral hemorrhage. The authors examined the rate of recurrence, vascular …

Emergency craniotomy in patients worsening due to expanded cerebral hematoma: to what purpose?

AA Rabinstein, JL Atkinson, EFM Wijdicks - Neurology, 2002 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Supratentorial intracerebral hematomas often are evacuated in rapidly
deteriorating patients. Surgery may prevent death but not necessarily disability. The authors …

White matter lesions and poor outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage: a nationwide cohort study

SH Lee, BJ Kim, WS Ryu, CK Kim, N Kim, BJ Park… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Background: The ability to predict poor outcome is important for patient care and treatment
decision-making in cases of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Previous studies have …

A prospective study of in-hospital mortality and discharge outcome in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

R Bhatia, H Singh, S Singh, MV Padma, K Prasad… - Neurology …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Various clinical and imaging predictors of mortality have been observed in previous studies …