Infection after intracerebral hemorrhage: risk factors and association with outcomes in the ethnic/racial variations of intracerebral hemorrhage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Risk factors for infections after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and their association with outcomes are unknown. We hypothesized there are predictors of poststroke infection and infections drive worse outcomes.

Methods

We determined prevalence of infections in a multicenter, triethnic study of ICH. We performed univariate and multivariate analyses to determine the association of infection with admission characteristics and hospital complications. We performed logistic regression on association of infection with outcomes after controlling for known determinants of prognosis after ICH (volume, age, infratentorial location, intraventricular hemorrhage, and Glasgow Coma Scale).

Results

Among 800 patients, infections occurred in 245 (31%). Admission

SUBMITTER: Lord AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4245453 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature