Development and Validation of a Grading Scale for Primary Pontine Hemorrhage [Clinical Sciences]

Background and Purpose—We aimed to develop and validate a grading scale for predicting 30-day mortality and 90-day functional outcome in patients with primary pontine hemorrhage (PPH).Methods—We retrospectively reviewed records of consecutive patients with first-ever pontine hemorrhage from 3 teaching hospitals between 2005 and 2012. Independent factors associated with 30-day mortality were identified by logistic regression to establish a risk stratification scale, named the new PPH score. For validation of the new PPH score, we prospectively recruited subjects from 10 units between December 2014 and November 2015. The performance of the new PPH score was presented as discrimination and calibration, measured by area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic and Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit, respectively.Results—Data of 171 patients were available for scale development. The new PPH score consisted of 2 independent factors with individual points assigned as follows: Glasgow Coma Scale score 3 to 4 (=2 points), 5 to 7 (=1 point), and 8 to 15 (=0 point); PPH volume >10 mL (=2 points), 5 to 10 mL (=1 point), and

Source: Stroke - December 22, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Kaibin Huang, Zhong Ji, Lihua Sun, Xiaoya Gao, Shaopeng Lin, Tao Liu, Shanfang Xie, Qishan Zhang, Wenchuan Xian, Saijun Zhou, Youquan Gu, Yongming Wu, Shengnan Wang, Zhenzhou Lin, Suyue Pan Tags: Clinical Studies, Prognosis, Quality and Outcomes, Intracranial Hemorrhage Original Contributions Source Type: research