Triage of Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage to Comprehensive Versus Primary Stroke Centers

The management of patients admitted with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) mostly occurs in an ICU. While guidelines recommend initial treatment of these patients in a neurocritical care or stroke unit, there is limited data on which patients would benefit most from transfer to a comprehensive stroke center where on-site neurosurgical coverage is available 24/7. As neurocritical units become more common in primary stroke centers, it is important to determine which patients are most likely to require neurosurgical intervention and transfer to comprehensive stroke centers.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 14, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Nikhil M. Patel, Quincy K. Tran, Paul Capobianco, Timothy Traynor, Michael J. Armahizer, Melissa Motta, Gunjan Y. Parikh, Neeraj Badjatia, Wan-Tsu Chang, Nicholas A. Morris Source Type: research