Objective
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating disorder with no current treatment. Whether peri-hematomal edema (PHE) is an independent predictor of neurologic outcome is controversial. We sought to determine whether PHE expansion rate predicts outcome after ICH.
Design
Retrospective cohort study
Setting
Tertiary medical center
Patients
139 consecutive supratentorial spontaneous ICH patients >18 years admitted between 2000–2013.
Interventions
None
Measurements and Main Results
ICH, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), and PHE volumes were measured from computed tomography (CT) scans obtained at presentation, 24 hours, and 72 hours post-ICH. PHE expansion rate was the difference between initial and follow-up PHE volumes divided by the time interval. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate the relationship between 1) PHE expansion rate at 24 hours and 90-day mortality and 2) PHE expansion rate at 24 hours and 90-day modified Rankin Scale score (mRS). PHE expansion rate between admission and 24-hours post-ICH was a significant predictor of 90-day mortality (OR 2.97, 95%CI 1.48–5.99, p=0.002). This association persisted after adjusting for all components of the ICH score (OR 2.21, 95% CI 1.05–4.64, p=0.04). Similarly, higher 24-hour PHE expansion rate was associated with poorer mRS in an ordinal shift analysis (OR 2.40, 95% CI 1.37–4.21, p=.002), even after adjustment for all ICH score components (OR 2.07, 95% CI 1.12–3.83, p=0.02).
Conclusions
Faster PHE expansion rate 24 hours post-ICH is associated with worse outcome. PHE may represent an attractive translational target for secondary injury after ICH.