Affiliation:
1. From the Departments of Neurosurgery (P.-C.L., C.-L.L., C.-H.C., T.-C.L., H.-J.C.) and Neurology (C.-H.L.), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center; and the Department of Biological Sciences (H.-W.C.), National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Abstract
Background and Purpose
—The purpose of the present study was to analyze the outcome and outcome predictors of caudate hemorrhage and role of external ventricular drainage in acute hydrocephalus.
Methods
—Clinical data from 36 consecutive patients with hypertensive caudate hemorrhage was used in the present study. Age, gender, volume of parenchymal hematoma, hematoma in the internal capsule, initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), hydrocephalus, severity of intraventricular hemorrhage, and hemorrhagic dilatation of the fourth ventricle were analyzed for effect on outcome. Effect of external ventricle drainage for hydrocephalus was evaluated by comparing preoperative and postoperative GCS scores.
Results
—By univariate analyses, poor outcome was associated with a poor initial GCS score (
P
=0.016), hydrocephalus (
P
<0.001), intraventricular hemorrhage severity (
P
<0.01), and hemorrhagic dilatation of the fourth ventricle (
P
=0.02). By multivariate analysis, stepwise logistic regression revealed that hydrocephalus was the only independent prognostic factor for poor outcome (
P
<0.001). Postoperative 48-hour GCS score was better than the preoperative score by use of paired-sample
t
test (
P
<0.001).
Conclusions
—Hydrocephalus is the most important predictor of poor outcome. External ventricular drainage response for hydrocephalus was good in the present study, whereas an early decision should be made regarding preoperative neurological condition.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Advanced and Specialized Nursing,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Neurology (clinical)
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