PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Rao, Neal M.
TI  - Linking sICH Definitions to Outcomes
DP  - 2012 May 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 16--17
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/1/16.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/1/16.full
AB  - Patients with symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) have an increased risk of a poor or fatal outcome [Strbian D et al. Neurology 2011]. However, the direct comparison of sICH rates between different thrombolysis studies is complicated by varying definitions of sICH [Gumbinger C. et al. Stroke 2012]. This article discusses results from a study on the most accurate definition of clinically relevant hemorrhagic transformation after thrombolytic therapy for stroke with IV tissue plasminogen activator.