Prognostic significance of third ventricle blood volume in intracerebral haemorrhage with severe ventricular involvement
- 21 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 82 (11), 1260-1263
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2010.234542
Abstract
Background and purpose Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) is an independent predictor of poor outcome in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). Larger IVH volume and increasing number of affected ventricles have been associated with worse prognosis, however, little is known about the prognostic value of blood volume in the different parts of the ventricular system. Therefore, the correlation of IVH volume in the third, fourth and lateral ventricles with outcome in patients with ICH and severe IVH, treated with intraventricular fibrinolysis (IVF), was investigated. Methods Patients with ICH Results 50 patients aged 62.5±10.3 years with spontaneous ICH (12.5±10.8 ml) and severe IVH (33.5±25 ml) were included. Clearance of the third and fourth ventricle from blood occurred after 3±1.9 days. Initial IVH volume in the third ventricle (3.8±3.3 ml) was predictive for poor outcome (OR 2.6 per ml, p=0.02). Correlation between larger IVH volume in the fourth ventricle and poor outcome showed a trend towards significance (p=0.07). Total IVH volume and lateral ventricle IVH volume were not correlated with outcome. Conclusion Despite rapid clot removal, initial IVH volume in the third ventricle was a strong and independent negative predictor. This is possibly explained by irreversible damage of brainstem structures by the initial mass effect of IVH.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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