[The relationship between delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma and coagulopathy in patients diagnosed with a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage].
It has long been recognized that a traumatic insult to brain tissue may result in substantive coagulation abnormalities. The present study was carried out in an attempt to find out the association of coagulopathy and the development of delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma (DTICH) in patients diagnosed with a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (TSAH). Sixty-three patients were diagnosed as having TSAH from the initial CT scans obtained within 2 hours after trauma. On admission, peripheral blood samples for coagulation studies were taken within 6 hours after injury. All patients had subsequent CT scans performed within 24 hours of admission. Thirty (47.6%) of 63 patients exhibited radiological evidence of DTICH on their subsequent CT scans. There was a significant correlation between the increased value of serum fibrinogen degradation product (FDP > 40 micrograms/ml) and the development of DTICH. We observed that the origin of the hematoma might be caused by those radiographically unidentifiable parenchymal lesions often found with TSAH on the initial CT scan. We conclude that a clotting study at the time of admission is of value in predicting the occurrence of DTICH associated with TSAH.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002648:Child; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D020198:Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020206:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products