Aggressiveness of care following intracerebral hemorrhage in women and men.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare comorbidities and use of surgery and palliative care between men and women with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

Methods

The Ethnic/Racial Variations of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ERICH) study is a prospective, multicenter, case-control study of ICH risk factors and outcomes. We compared comorbidities, treatments, and use of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders in men vs women. Multivariate analysis was used to assess the likelihood of ICH surgery and palliative care after adjustment for variables that were p < 0.1 in univariate analyses and backward elimination to retain those that were significant (p < 0.05).

Results

Women were older on average (65.0 vs 59.9, p < 0.0001), and higher proportions of women had previous stroke (24.1% v

SUBMITTER: Guha R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5574675 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature