Hypertensive Intraventricular Hemorrhage : Analysis of 115 Consecutive Cases

Dong-Been Park

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Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

A series of 115 cases with intraventricular hemorrhage due to hypertension diagnosed by computed tomography was analyzed with the early conscious level(Glasgow Coma Scale), the site of hemorrhage, the grading of the severity of intraventricular hemorrhage, and the final outcome.

The mean systolic blood pressure was 195.7mmHg & the mean diastolic blood pressure was 119.6mmHg.

It is generally considered to be of grave prognostic significance.

The overall mortality rate was 70.4%.

Poor outcome was associated with increasing age, low admission Glasgow Coma Scale, hemorrhage in all four ventricles and very high blood pressure.

The surgical treatrnent including extraventricular drainage was not satisfactory as yet.