@article {Arboix:September 2006:0001-6314:187,
author = "Arboix, A.",
author = "Manzano, C.",
author = "Garcia-Eroles, L.",
author = "Massons, J.",
author = "Oliveres, M.",
author = "Parra, O.",
author = "Targa, C.",
title = "Determinants of early outcome in spontaneous lobar cerebral hemorrhage",
journal = "Acta Neurologica Scandinavica",
volume = "114",
year = "September 2006",
abstract = "Arboix A, Manzano C, García-Eroles L, Massons J, Oliveres M, Parra O, Targa C. Determinants of early outcome in spontaneous lobar cerebral hemorrhage. Acta Neurol Scand 2006: 114: 187-192. © Blackwell Munksgaard 2006. Objective - To identify determinants of early outcome in spontaneous lobar hemorrhage. Materials and methods - From 2500 acute stroke patients included in a prospective hospital-based stroke registry over a 12-year period, 97 cases of lobar hematoma were selected. Determinants of in-hospital mortality were studied in multiple regression models. Results - Lobar hematomas accounted for 3.9% of all acute stroke patients and 35.9% of intracerebral hemorrhages. The presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was a significant predictive variable in the model based on demographic variables and vascular risk factors [odds ratio (OR): 17.18; 95% CI: 1.77-166.22] and in the model based on these variables plus clinical data (OR: 15.12; 95% CI: 1.27-179.59). Other predictive variables included altered consciousness, previous cerebral infarct and chronic liver disease. Conclusions - COPD appeared as the most important predictor of death during hospitalization after lobar cerebral hemorrhage, a finding not generally acknowledged earlier.",
pages = "187-192(6)",
url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/ane/2006/00000114/00000003/art00006"
doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00533.x"
}