HEMORRHAGIC STROKE

Course overview

HEMORRHAGIC STROKE IS DUE TO BLEEDING INTO THE BRAIN BY THE RUPTURE OF A BLOOD VESSEL. HEMORRHAGIC STROKE MAY BE FURTHER SUBDIVIDED INTO INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE (ICH) AND SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE (SAH). HEMORRHAGIC STROKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE MORBIDITY AND HIGH MORTALITY. PROGRESSION OF HEMORRHAGIC STROKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE OUTCOMES. EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ARE ESSENTIAL GIVEN THE USUAL RAPID EXPANSION OF HEMORRHAGE, CAUSING SUDDEN DETERIORATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF HEMORRHAGIC STROKE.