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Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, [ 1 , 2 ] A haemorrhagic stroke is defined as rapidly developing neurological dysfunction due to a focal collection of blood from within the brain parenchyma o...
A stroke results either from ischaemic infarction of part of the brain or from intracerebral haemorrhage. Ischaemic infarction may be caused by atheroma or thromboembolism and, more rarely, b...
MRI is as accurate as CT to detect acute haemorrhage in patients with focal stroke symptoms and is more accurate than CT for the detection of chronic intracerebral haemorrhage [ 6 ] . Acc...
Intraventricular Haemorrhage in Babies, What is an intraventricular haemorrhage? A haemorrhage means a bleed - that is blood leaking out of blood vessels into the area su...
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, What is a subarachnoid haemorrhage? A subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) occurs when there is bleeding around the brain into the subarachnoid space....
Subconjunctival Haemorrhage, What is a subconjunctival haemorrhage? Subconjunctival haemorrhage: "Red eye" ...
Vitreous Haemorrhage, What is vitreous haemorrhage? Vitreous haemorrhage occurs when blood leaks into the vitreous humour inside the eye. , Diabetic eye disease Retinal v...
Antithrombotic treatment: People with acute stroke should be started on 300 mg aspirin daily for two weeks once intracerebral haemorrhage has been excluded. At this time a definitive lon...
Finding accelerated hypertension and target organ damage in a patient demands urgent admission for assessment and treatment to lower blood pressure within hours in order to minimise further end-organ ...
Vitreous Haemorrhage, This includes post-laser or post-vitrectomy recurrent vitreous haemorrhages, vitreous haemorrhage in Tersons' syndrome or after acute PVD and h...
Postpartum Haemorrhage, The 2011-13 Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity report identified 13 direct deaths due to obstetric haemorrhage in the UK and Ireland, w...
Antepartum Haemorrhage, What is an antepartum haemorrhage? Antepartum haemorrhage (APH) is usually defined as bleeding from the birth canal after the 24th week of pregn...
A damaged or weakened artery may burst and bleed: An intracerebral haemorrhage occurs when the blood vessel bursts inside the brain. The blood then spills into the nearby brain tissue.
CT scanning is reliable in excluding primary intracerebral haemorrhage as a cause of acute stroke. The CT signs of ischaemia are more subtle and detection of acute infarction is variable...
Subarachnoid haemorrhage . Intracerebral haemorrhage or infarction. Meningitis or encephalitis . Cerebral tumour (especially if associated with acute haemorrhage).
Unwanted bleeding would include bleeding into the brain (intracerebral haemorrhage) - this is a type of stroke . Filters These can be used to stop any more blood clots from reaching ...
Depressed cranial fracture. Intracerebral haemorrhage. Subarachnoid haemorrhage . Toxic Ethanol.
Infantile Intraventricular Haemorrhage, Synonym: periventricular haemorrhage What is an intraventricular haemorrhage? Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) i...
Thunderclap headache is frequently associated with serious vascular intracranial disorders, particularly SAH - it is mandatory to exclude this and a range of other such conditions including intrac...
Lipohyalinosis also causes weakening of the vessel walls and rupture of the vessels, leading to focal haemorrhage. Almost all intracerebral haemorrhages come from such rupture of sma...