Neurology
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To test the hypothesis that low serum cholesterol and low serum triglyceride levels at admission are related to an increase of in-hospital mortality in patients with first-ever supratentorial spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). ⋯ Low serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels obtained during the first hours after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are strong independent predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with spontaneous supratentorial ICH.
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Clinical importance of microbleeds in patients receiving IV thrombolysis.
Cerebral microbleeds (MBs) detected on gradient echo (GRE) imaging may be a risk factor for hemorrhagic complications in patients with stroke treated with IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). ⋯ The presence of cerebral microbleeds on gradient echo imaging does not appear to substantially increase the risk of either symptomatic or asymptomatic brain hemorrhage following IV tissue plasminogen activator administered between 3 and 6 hours after stroke onset.