Korean J Cerebrovasc Dis.  2002 Mar;4(1):27-30.

Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Geriatric Patients

• Kim GK
• Choi ES
• Lim YJ
• Leem W

Abstract

There are so many differences between the elderly patients and the younger patients in the aspects of a causes and the clinical course of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrage (ICH). As the mean life-time of a general population goes longer, the incidence of spontaneous ICH increases but the aggressive support in ICH is withdrawn more commonly and a prognosis of ICH becomes poor. Therefore, a prevention of ICH and a strict control of hypertension is very very important.

Keyword

Spontaneous ICH; Elderly patients; Mortality; Morbidity; Prognosis

MeSH Terms

Aged
Cerebral Hemorrhage*
Humans
Hypertension
Incidence
Mortality
Prognosis