title: Intracranial hemorrhage: diagnosis and emergency management.
abstract: Intracranial hemorrhages are an important cause of acute neurologic disease presenting in the emergency setting. To optimize outcome, it is important that the physician quickly recognize intracranial hemorrhages. To minimize mortality and neurologic morbidity, it is often necessary to initiate urgent therapy in the emergency rooms and to obtain neurosurgical consultation in order to pursue early surgical therapy. This article discusses the recognition and early treatment of the various types of intracranial hemorrhages.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Stieg
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kase
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004630:Emergencies; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011379:Prognosis; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy