The Morphometric Method a Tool for the Prediction of Mortality in Geriatric Age Patients with Intracerebral Bleeding

Abstract

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages constitute an entity with high mortality within cerebrovascular diseases at the General Provincial Teaching Hospital "Capitán Roberto Rodríguez Fernández". There are well-established prognostic criteria, but most of them are based on clinical elements. Objective: To determine morphometric predictors of mortality in patients with spontaneous lobar intracerebral hemorrhage. Methods: A prospective correlational study was carried out. Results: Morphometric analysis of the tomographic images of spontaneous lobar intracerebral hemorrhages was carried out and the morphometric variables were correlated with the state at hospital discharge of the patients to determine the morphometric predictive indicators of mortality. Conclusions: The determined morphometric indicators made it possible to identify the patients with the highest risk of mortality due to spontaneous lobar intracerebral hemorrhage.