Dementia After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

As acute management of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has improved, more patients survive ICH but are left with significant deficits. In the past, primary evaluations of outcomes after ICH have focused on mortality and levels of functional dependence, with a relatively modest number of patients experiencing true functional independence after ICH or returning to their previous level of functioning. Cognitive outcomes after ICH have thus not been a primary focus of either treatment or natural history studies of ICH, despite their known importance after ischemic stroke and their importance in predicting return to previous functioning.
Source: JAMA Neurology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research