Why the study?
Does elevated cardiac troponin I predict in-hospital mortality in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage?
Population
235 patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage who had a cTnI level measured and a head CT performed…
Comparison
Elevated cardiac troponin I vs Normal cardiac troponin I (peak cTnI ≤ 0.4 ng/mL)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
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May inform mortality risk stratification in spontaneous ICH; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does elevated cardiac troponin I predict in-hospital mortality in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage?
Elevated cardiac troponin I is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients presenting with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
Hays et al. (2006) studied this question.
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