EMCrit 326 – NeuroEMCrit - June 16, 2022 - By Scott Weingart
The Guidelines: sICH guidelines
… ICH although a less frequent cause of stroke is associated with a high mortality (30-40%) and disproportionately effects Black and Mexican Americans than white Americans and we have not seen a significant reduction in mortality or morbidity from this disease.
What is changing is our understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and how to better understand the long term hemorrhage risk in these complex patients, especially those with CAA.
Reading the guidelines emphasizes there are so many basic aspects of management we still don’t have great evidence to best practice...”