Aninda Acharya, M.D.
Director of Neuro-Rehabilitation, Forest Park Hospital
Assistant Professor, St. Louis University

Contents:

Introduction

• Definition
• Significance
• Economic Cost

Medical Management of ICH

• Hypertension
• Lowering Blood Pressure and Outcome
• Rate of Blood Pressure Decline
• Hematoma Enlargement
• Summary of Hypertension Treatment in ICH
• Treating Mass Effect
• Corticosteroids
• Glycerol
• Mannitol
• Summary of Medical Treatment of Mass Effect in ICH
• Hemodilution
• Summary of Medical Management of ICH

Surgical Treatment of ICH

• Open Craniotomy with Evacuation of Supratentorial ICH:
  Randomized Control Trials
• Open Craniotomy with Evacuation of Supratentorial ICH:
  Ultra-Early Treatment
• Open Craniotomy with Evacuation of Supratentorial ICH:
  Acute Worsening
• Endoscopic Aspiration for supratentorial ICH
• Meta-Analysis
• Summary of Surgical Treatment for Supratentorial ICH
• Surgical Evacuation of Cerebellar ICH
• Ventriculostomy

Conclusions

References

 

About this presentation:

The content of these pages was written by Dr. Aninda Acharya of St.Louis University.

Last Revised: August 31, 2002