2013
Warfarin and Statins are Associated with Hematoma Volume in Primary Infratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Falcone GJ, Brouwers HB, Biffi A, Anderson CD, Battey TW, Ayres AM, Vashkevich A, Schwab KM, Rost NS, Goldstein JN, Viswanathan A, Greenberg SM, Rosand J. Warfarin and Statins are Associated with Hematoma Volume in Primary Infratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2013, 21: 192-199. PMID: 23839705, PMCID: PMC4107188, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9839-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfratentorial intracerebral hemorrhageIntracerebral hemorrhageICH volumeSurgical evacuationHematoma volumeBrainstem ICHSingle-center studySupratentorial intracerebral hemorrhageWarfarin treatmentStatin treatmentEmergency departmentICH casesRetrospective analysisCT scanLogistic regressionWarfarinICH subjectsLimited dataHemorrhageStatinsFurther studiesComputer-assisted methodTreatmentInverse relationLinear regression
2012
Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality
Battey TW, Falcone GJ, Ayres AM, Schwab K, Viswanathan A, McNamara KA, DiPucchio ZY, Greenberg SM, Sheth KN, Goldstein JN, Rosand J. Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality. Neurocritical Care 2012, 17: 361-366. PMID: 22965324, PMCID: PMC3707622, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9776-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntroductionIntracerebral hemorrhageAED treatmentAntiepileptic drugsCohort of patientsAntiepileptic treatmentRankin scoreICH locationIntracerebral hemorrhageRetrospective studyHemorrhage locationClinicians' decisionsResultsMultivariate analysisRetrospective analysisSupratentorial regionFatal diseaseConclusionThese resultsMortalityPatientsConflicting resultsTreatmentTreatment effectsHemorrhageCohortAssociationAdequate power