Association of Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction With Risk of Hematoma Expansion in Patients With Deep Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Leasure AC, Qureshi AI, Murthy SB, Kamel H, Goldstein JN, Woo D, Ziai WC, Hanley DF, Salman R, Matouk CC, Sansing LH, Sheth KN, Falcone GJ. Association of Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction With Risk of Hematoma Expansion in Patients With Deep Intracerebral Hemorrhage. JAMA Neurology 2019, 76: 949-955. PMID: 31081862, PMCID: PMC6515816, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.1141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive Blood Pressure ReductionDeep intracerebral hemorrhageBlood pressure reductionIntracerebral hemorrhageHematoma expansionStandard treatmentIntensive treatmentPressure reductionMAIN OUTCOMEModified Rankin scale score distributionIntensive blood pressure treatmentRankin Scale score distributionBasal ganglia intracerebral hemorrhageThalamic intracerebral hemorrhageBasal ganglia hemorrhageBlood pressure treatmentStandard treatment groupModified Rankin ScaleRankin Scale scorePrimary intracerebral hemorrhageAcute care settingStrong risk factorSpontaneous intracerebral hemorrhageDeep brain nucleiAntihypertensive treatment