Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Aka: Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage, ICH, Cerebral Parenchymal Hemorrhage, Cerebral Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage

II. Background

  1. Refers to Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  2. Trauma also causes Intracerebral Hemorrhage

III. Epidemiology

  1. Responsible for up to 15% of strokes in United States

IV. Pathophysiology

  1. Associated with small vessel Cerebrovascular Disease
  2. Most commonly affects the Basal Ganglia and Thalamus

V. Causes: Common

  1. Hypertension
    1. Most common cause in adults with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  2. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
    1. Most common cause of non-Traumatic lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage in older patients
  3. Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM)
    1. Most common cause of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in children

VI. Causes: Other

  1. Septic cerebral embolism
  2. Intracranial Mass
  3. Anticoagulants or Thrombolytics
  4. Venous sinus thrombosis
  5. Encephalitis (e.g. HSV Encephalitis)
  6. Stimulant Drugs of Abuse (e.g. Cocaine, Methamphetamine)

VII. Risk Factors:

  1. Strenuous activity
  2. Oral Anticoagulants (especially Warfarin)
  3. Hypertension
  4. Heavy Alcohol use
  5. Increasing age
    1. Risk doubles every 10 years after age 35 years

VIII. Symptoms

  1. Severe Headache
  2. Vomiting
  3. Decreased Level of Consciousness

IX. Signs

  1. Focal and gradually progressive presentation of neurologic deficits developing over minutes to hours

X. Precautions

  1. Cerebellar bleeding can rapidly deteriorate

XI. Management: General

  1. Similar overall management as for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  2. Opioid Analgesics for Headache may help to control Blood Pressure
  3. Differences with SAH management
    1. Aneurysm specific management does not apply to Intracerebral Hemorrhage
    2. Blood Pressure target in ICH appears to be <180 mmHg (instead of <140 target used for SAH)
      1. Control Blood Pressure while still maintaining Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
      2. Labetalol and Nicardipine are most often used to control Blood Pressure
      3. Qureshi (2016) N Engl J Med 375(11):1033-43 [PubMed]

XII. Management: Traumatic intraparenchymal Hemorrhage

  1. Expect Traumatic intraparenchymal Hemorrhage to stabilize within first 48 hours
  2. Neurosurgical decompression indications
    1. Neurologic deterioration or GCS <8
    2. Contusion volume >50 ml
    3. Frontal or temporal Contusion >20 ml
    4. Midline shift >5 mm
    5. Loss of subarachnoid space (basal cistern effacement)
    6. Bullock (2006) Neurosurgery 58(3 Suppl): S25-46 [PubMed]

XIII. Prognosis

  1. Higher mortality with decreasing alertness on presentation

XIV. References

  1. Dreis (2020) Crit Dec Emerg Med 34(7):3-21
  2. Burgess and Stowens (2014) Crit Dec Emerg Med 28(5): 2-13
  3. Rordorf and McDonald in Kasner (2014) Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Uptodate, accessed 5/8/2014

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Ontology: Cerebral Hemorrhage (C2937358)

Definition (NCI_FDA) Hemorrhage into the cerebrum. See also Stroke Syndrome.(CDRH)
Definition (NCI) Bleeding within the cerebrum.
Definition (CSP) bleeding or escape of blood into a cerebral hemisphere of the brain, including lobar, subcortical white matter, and basal ganglia hemorrhages.
Definition (MSH) Bleeding into one or both CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES including the BASAL GANGLIA and the CEREBRAL CORTEX. It is often associated with HYPERTENSION and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA.
Concepts Pathologic Function (T046)
MSH D002543
ICD9 431
ICD10 I61 , I61.9
SnomedCT 274100004, 1508000, 155391006, 195163003, 266313001, 195173001, 155389003, 155394003
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French HEMORRAGIE CEREBRALE, Hémorragie au niveau cérébral, Saignement intracérébral, Saignement cérébral, Hémorragie cérébrale, Hémorragie du parenchyme cérébral, Hémorragie intra-cérébrale, Hémorragie intracérébrale, Hémorragie intraparenchymateuse du cerveau
Portuguese HEMORRAGIA CEREBRAL, Hemorragia intracerebral, Hemorragia no Cérebro, Sangramento cerebral, Hemorragia cerebral, Hemorragia Cerebral Parenquimatosa, Hemorragia Cerebral, Hemorragia Encefálica Cerebral, Hemorragia Intracerebral
Spanish HEMORRAGIA CEREBRAL, Hemorragia intracerebral, Sangrado intracerebral, Hemorragia en el Cerebro, hemorragia intracerebral, Sangrado cerebral, hemorragia cerebral, SAI, Cerebral haemorrhage NOS, ruptura de vaso sanguíneo cerebral, hematoma intracerebral, hemorragia cerebral, SAI (trastorno), hematoma intraparenquimatoso, hemorragia intracerebral, SAI (trastorno), hemorragia intracerebral, SAI, hemorragia intraparenquimatosa, Cerebral hemorrhage NOS, hemorragia intracerebral (trastorno), hemorragia cerebral (trastorno), hemorragia cerebral, Hemorragia cerebral, Hemorragia Cerebral, Hemorragia Encefálica Cerebral, Hemorragia Intracerebral, Hemorragia Parenquimal Cerebral
Dutch bloeding intracerebraal, intracerebrale bloeding, bloeding cerebraal, hemorragie intracerebraal, bloeding; intracerebraal, intracerebraal; bloeding, Intracerebrale bloeding, niet gespecificeerd, cerebrale bloeding, Bloeding, cerebraal-parenchym-, Bloeding, cerebrale, Bloeding, hersen-, Cerebrale bloeding, Hersenbloeding, Intracerebrale bloeding
German Blutung, Gehirn, Blutung intrazerebral, intrazerebrale Blutung, Blutung, Großhirn-, BLUTUNG ZEREBRAL, Intrazerebrale Blutung, nicht naeher bezeichnet, Intrazerebrale Blutung, Hirnblutung, Zerebrale Blutung, Gehirnblutung, zerebrale, Hirnblutung, zerebrale, Großhirnblutung, Hämorrhagie, zerebrale, Intrazerebrale Hämorrhagie, Zerebrale Hämorrhagie, Zerebrale parenchymale Hämorrhagie
Italian Emoragia cerebrale, Emorragia cerebrale parenchimale, Emorragia intracerebrale, Sanguinamento cerebrale, Emorragia cerebrale
Japanese 脳内出血, 脳出血, ﾉｳﾅｲｼｭｯｹﾂ, ﾉｳｼｭｯｹﾂ, 大脳出血, 大脳実質出血
Swedish Hjärnblödning
Czech přední mozek - hemoragie, Nitromozkové krvácení, Intracerebrální krvácení, Krvácení do mozku, Krvácení intracerebrální, Mozkové krvácení, přední mozek - krvácení, krvácení do předního mozku, intracerebrální krvácení do hemisféry, haemorrhagia cerebri
Finnish Aivoverenvuoto
Russian GEMORRAGIIA TSEREBRAL'NOI PARENKHIMY, GEMORRAGIIA TSEREBRAL'NAIA, TSEREBRAL'NOE KROVOIZLIIANIE, ГЕМОРРАГИЯ ЦЕРЕБРАЛЬНАЯ, ГЕМОРРАГИЯ ЦЕРЕБРАЛЬНОЙ ПАРЕНХИМЫ, ЦЕРЕБРАЛЬНОЕ КРОВОИЗЛИЯНИЕ
Korean 뇌내출혈, 상세불명의 뇌내출혈
Croatian CEREBRALNO KRVARENJE
Polish Krwotok śródmózgowy, Wylew krwi do mózgu, Krwotok mózgowy, Krwotok wewnątrzmózgowy
Hungarian Intracerebralis haemorrhagia, Intracerebralis vérzés, Cerebralis vérzés, Agyvérzés
Norwegian Cerebral blødning
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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