In diesem Jahr möchte ich nach längerer Pause wieder in den Skiurlaub fahren. Leider sind mir meine alten Skier zu klein, und so stehe ich vor der Frage, ob ich mir Skier leihen oder doch lieber kaufen soll. Wenn ich sie mir leihe, so muss ich pro Tag 10 Euro Leihgebühr zahlen. Für die 7 Tage meines Urlaubs würde ich also 70 Euro zahlen. Wenn ich mir Skier kaufe, so fallen Kosten von 140 Euro a...

Objective: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) following systemic and chronic hypertension is one of the main causes of acute stroke leading to disability and death. Identifying the risk factors in ICH patients can be effective in reducing bleeding and the rates of mortality and disability in these patients. This study was carried out to investigate the factors associated with ICH.Methods: A t...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to further analyze the temporal patterns of onset of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and to determine whether or not subgroups with specific clinical characteristics exhibit different patterns of onset. METHODS The daily, weekly, and yearly variations in occurrence of ICH together with the relationship between ICH occurrence and changes in a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of this study was to estimate the annual adult incidence and risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and oral anticoagulant-associated ICH (OAC-ICH) in the Netherlands. METHODS We retrospectively selected all consecutive adult patients with a nontraumatic ICH seen in 1 of 3 hospitals in the region South-Limburg, the Netherlands, from 2007 to 2009. Crude incidence...

Background The intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score is a commonly used prognostic model for 30-day mortality in ICH, based on five independent predictors (ICH volume, location, Glasgow Coma Scale, age, and intraventricular extension). Use of oral anticoagulants (OAC) is also associated with mortality but was not considered in the ICH score. We investigated (a) whether the predictive performance...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We aimed to identify prognostic and associated factors of incident cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) survivors. METHODS Observational prospective cohort of 168 ICH survivors who underwent 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging at ICH onset and during follow-up (median scan interval, 3.4; interquartile range, 1.4-4.7) years. We used logistic regressi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) who present with a spot sign on computed tomography angiography are at increased risk of hematoma expansion and poor outcome. Because primary ICH is the acute manifestation of chronic cerebral small vessel disease, we investigated whether different clinical or imaging characteristics predict spot sign presence, using ICH locati...

BACKGROUND Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a recognized complication of adults treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, the predictors of ICH in this patient category are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of ICH in ECMO-treated adult patients. METHODS We conducted a retrosp...