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Table 4 Thalamic haemorrhage. Series reported in the literature

From: Thalamic haemorrhage vs internal capsule-basal ganglia haemorrhage: clinical profile and predictors of in-hospital mortality

Author, year [reference]

Patients

Type of study

Frequency intracerebral haemorrhages (%)

Ventricular Extension (%)

Ventricular extension as predictor of in-hospital death

In-hospital mortality (%)

Walshe, 1977 [14]

18

Clinical series

 

66

  

Barraquer-Bordas, 1981 [15]

23

Clinical series

 

50

 

39

Kwak, 1983 [26]

29

Clinical series

  

No

 

Weisberg, 1986 [24]

50

Clinical series

 

38

Yes

38

Steinke, 1992 [25]

44

Stroke data bank

 

47.7

Yes

31.8

Kumral, 1995 [13]

100

Stroke data bank

25.6

57

Yes

25

Mori, 1995 [22]

104

Clinical series

 

44

No

17.3 (6 months)

Lampl, 1995 [27]*

52

Clinical series

 

63.5

No

36.6 (6 moths)

Chung, 1996 [23]

175

Clinical series

  

37

Shah, 2005 [30]

53

Clinical series

 

66.6

No

15.7

Present series, 2007

47

Hospital-based stroke registry

13

42.6

Yes

19.1

  1. *11 patients with thalamo-capsular haemorrhages and 41 patients with isolated thalamic haemorrhages
  2. Presence of dense blood clot in the third ventricle in a CT scan indicate a poor outcome