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Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) has a high mortality and morbidity. Data on outcomes of ICH patients from
Sri Lanka are limited. Colombo South Stroke Registry is a hospital based data bank of first ever, all strokes
admitted to hospital.
Objectives:
To study the outcomes- mortality and morbidity patients admitted and diagnosed to have had an ICH.
Methods:
All ICH patients were selected from the Stroke data bank. The diagnosis was made after a positive CT scan
on after admission. The relevant information were extracted from the available data.
Results:
Of the 694 all strokes 112 (16%) were ICHs. Of the ICH patients 33 were lost to follow up. We analyzed the data
in 79 (79/112,70.54%). Males consisted of 57% and females 43%. Five were referred to neurosurgeons and
only one had an intervention.
There were 26 in hospital deaths attributable to the effects of the ICH. At 6 months post ICH 41 were dead
(41/79,51.89%). Mean age of alive was 63 and dead was 68. All the patients who died post discharge had a
MRS of 4-5 at discharge. Of the living 40,10 have a MRS of 4-5 after 6 months.
Conclusions:
Despite maintaining a registry, follow up of patients are not satisfactory. Mortality is about 52%. Patients are
discharged from hospital to home with severe disability. Disabilities are severe in most alive patients at 6
months.
