64 Clinical Intracerebral Hemorrhage Flashcards
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Terminology
- What is the difference between an intracranial hemorrhage and an intracerebral hemorrhage?
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Stroke
- What is the definition of a stroke?
- What percentage of strokes are ischemic?
- What percentage of strokes are hemorrhagic?
- What are the 2 kinds of intraparenchymal hemorrhages?
- What is the most common non-intraparenchymal hemorrhage?
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What is shown here?
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Typical Locations of Intracerebral hemorrhages
- Hypertensive ICH’s commonly occur in the:
- Putamen
- Thalamus
- Subcortical white matter
- Pons
- and Cerebellum .
- They can also present as lobar hemorrhages.
Which common ICH is shown?
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Putamen
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Typical Locations of Intracerebral hemorrhages
- Hypertensive ICH’s commonly occur in the:
- Putamen
- Thalamus
- Subcortical white matter
- Pons
- and Cerebellum .
- They can also present as lobar hemorrhages.
Which common ICH is shown?
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Thalamus
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Typical Locations of Intracerebral hemorrhages
- Hypertensive ICH’s commonly occur in the:
- Putamen
- Thalamus
- Subcortical white matter
- Pons
- and Cerebellum .
- They can also present as lobar hemorrhages.
Which common ICH is shown?
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Subcortical white matter
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Typical Locations of Intracerebral hemorrhages
- Hypertensive ICH’s commonly occur in the:
- Putamen
- Thalamus
- Subcortical white matter
- Pons
- and Cerebellum .
- They can also present as lobar hemorrhages.
Which common ICH is shown?
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Pons
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Typical Locations of Intracerebral hemorrhages
- Hypertensive ICH’s commonly occur in the:
- Putamen
- Thalamus
- Subcortical white matter
- Pons
- and Cerebellum .
- They can also present as lobar hemorrhages.
Which common ICH is shown?
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Cerebellum
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Typical Locations of Intracerebral hemorrhages
- Hypertensive ICH’s commonly occur in the:
- Putamen
- Thalamus
- Subcortical white matter
- Pons
- and Cerebellum .
- They can also present as lobar hemorrhages.
Which common ICH is shown?
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lobar hemorrhage
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Typical Locations of Intracerebral hemorrhages
- Hypertensive ICH’s commonly occur in the:
- Putamen
- Thalamus
- Subcortical white matter
- Pons
- and Cerebellum .
- They can also present as lobar hemorrhages.
- Which 2 locations often extend into ventricles?
- What are the 3 common causes of lobar hemorrhages?
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Morbidity and Mortality of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- What is the 2-day mortality rate?
- What is the 30-day mortality rate?
- How many patients live past 6 months?
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Underlying Conditions for ICH
- HTN
- What does this do the walls of small/medium penetrating vessels?
- Where in the brain is this most likely to occur? (4)
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Underlying Conditions for ICH
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
- What kind of hemorrhage is this the most common cause of?
- Does this affect deep or superficial brain tissues?
- What does the amyloid deposition do to the vessels? (5)
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Underlying Conditions for ICH
- Other causes of NON-Traumatic ICH
- What are 3 causes of ICH, aside from HTN and Amyloid deposition? (3)
- (Not Risk Factors)
- What are 3 causes of ICH, aside from HTN and Amyloid deposition? (3)
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Risk Factors for ICH
- What are 3 common risk factors for stroke, aside from HTN and amyloid deposition?
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ICH Presentation
- What kind of activity do these occur with?
- What is notable about the onset and severity of signs/symptoms?
- Why do HA and vomiting occur? How common is this?
- What can blood leaking into the CSF lead to?
- What kind of hemorrhage is associated with vertigo and balance issues?
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Pathophysiology of ICH
- What actually causes the direct mechanical injury to the brain parenchymal?
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Underlying Conditions for ICH
- Hematoma
- What happens over the first 24 hours after this forms?
- What does perihematoma edema develop?
- When does this edema peak?
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Diagnostic Workup for ICH
- What 2 types of CT’s should you run?
- What are you looking for aside from a hematoma?
- What kind of labs should you run? (3)
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Tx of ICH
- What is the first thing you do in all emergency situations? (The AB of ABCDE)
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Tx of ICH
- After the airway and breathing have been assessed, what do things need to be checked/treated? (Related to the C in ABCDE)
- Just state what needs to be done, do not explain how to do it yet
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Circulation: Anti-Coagulation Tx and BP control
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Tx of ICH: Reverse Coagulopathy
- What 4 drugs can be considered?
- What is idarucizumab?
- How do you treat thrombocytopenia
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Tx of ICH: BP Control
- What do many PTs with ICH have?
- What do you want to get a patients systolic BP to?
- Does this change the neurologic outcome?
- What 3 drugs can be administered?
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Tx of ICH: Seizures
- If an ICH has a seizure, what drug do you use to STOP the seizure and at what dosage?
- What drug follows this and what dose do you give?
- What must you be ready to do?
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ICH: Mechanisms of Brain Injury
* What causes mechanical brain injury?
* What does increased brain edema lead to? (3)
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ICH and Tx to minimize Secondary Brain Injury
* What are the goals of this treatment? (2)
* What is CPP?
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Cerebellar Hemorrhages
* What symptoms do patients present with? (5)
* Do they have a negative or positive HINTS test?
* What is notable about the posterior fossa that causes an increased risk for rapid deterioration of a patients condition?
* When is surgery indicated?
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Vertebral Artery Dissection
* What kind of stroke does this present as?
* How does this relate to age and activity during the stroke?
* Why do these occur?
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What is this?
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhages
* What happens in about 1/3 of these cases?
* When does it occur?
* Where does blood go?
* How do patients present'?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhages
* Where do about 90% of saccular aneurysms occur?
* How do AVMs relate to this?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhages
* What is notable about the headache?
* What other symptoms can the patient present with?
* What disease is associated with this?
* How do genetics relate to this?
* How do unruptured expanding aneurysms present?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhages: Dx
* What is the initial test conducted?
* How sensitive is this?
* What does the sensitivity decrease?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhages: Dx
* How many samples do you collect, and at what volume?
* What do you do with these samples?
* What are the 2 things that will indicate a positive test?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhages: Dx
* Lumbar Puncture and Xanthochromia
* Where are these present in CSF?
* What does it breakdown?
* How do you inspect for this?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhages: Dx
* What kind of imaging is this?
* What is at the yellow arrow?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Pathophysiology
* What is notable about the mortality rate for this?
* Complications
* What does ischemia cause?
* Why does vasospasm occur?
* What do you use to treat vasospasm?
* What other complications exist?
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Surgical Tx for Aneurysms
* What 2 treatments are performed?
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Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
* What are these usually associated with?
* Why is there no vasospasm?
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
* Pitfalls
* Why is there a high rate of misdiagnosis at the intial presentation? (2)
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AVMs
* When do these form?
* What do these appear as?
* What are these best seen with?
* What do these present as with?
* What kind of hemorrhages are commonly associated with this?
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What is shown here?
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