BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Additional intraventricular hemorrhage leads to higher mortality and worse functional outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Intraventricular fibrinolysis (IVF) with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) is an emerging treatment strategy for such patients. However, experimental studies suggest that rtPA may exert proedematous effects and lead to increased...

We reported a case report of 50-year-old woman with stroke hemorrhage due to subarachnoid hypertensive urgency, left ventricular hypertrophy, and dyslipidemia. Subarachnoid indicates the presence blood in space between pia mater arachnoid which usually results from ruptured cerebral aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation. The patient presents decreased consciousness preceded by severe headache ...

Introduction: The incidence of postneurosurgical Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis/meningitis, primarily due to drug-resistant strains, has increased considerably in recent years. However, limited therapeutic options are available because most antibiotics poorly penetrate the blood-brain barrier, especially pediatric patients. Case Presentation: A five-year-old boy developed ventriculitis e...

A patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome presented with hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular hemorrhage. Fusion of the cervical vertebrae may have impeded cerebrospinal fluid flow. Change in the properties of cerebrospinal fluid flow after hemorrhage may have induced noncommunicating hydrocephalus. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy was effective for the treatment of hydrocephalus associated w...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intraventricular thrombolysis (IVT) is a promising treatment in facilitating intraventricular clot resolution after intraventricular hemorrhage. We examined in-hospital outcomes and resource utilization after thrombolysis in patients with intraventricular hemorrhage requiring ventriculostomy in a real-world setting. METHODS We identified adult patients with primary diag...