CT-Based Classification of Acute Cerebral Edema: Association with Intracranial Pressure and Outcome.
Adult
Aged
Brain
/ diagnostic imaging
Brain Edema
/ diagnostic imaging
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
/ diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Intracranial Hypertension
/ diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Pressure
/ physiology
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
/ diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
acute cerebral lesions
cerebral edema
computed tomography
intracranial pressure
outcome
Journal
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging
ISSN: 1552-6569
Titre abrégé: J Neuroimaging
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9102705
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
15
03
2020
revised:
26
04
2020
accepted:
12
05
2020
pubmed:
29
5
2020
medline:
7
4
2021
entrez:
29
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Brain edema after acute cerebral lesions may lead to raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and worsen outcome. Notwithstanding, no CT-based scoring system to quantify edema formation exists. This retrospective correlative analysis aimed to establish a valid and definite CT score quantifying brain edema after common acute cerebral lesions. A total of 169 CT investigations in 60 patients were analyzed: traumatic brain injury (TBI; n = 47), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH; n = 70), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH; n = 42), and ischemic stroke (n = 10). Edema formation was classified as 0: no edema, 1: focal edema confined to 1 lobe, 2: unilateral edema > 1 lobe, 3: bilateral edema, 4: global edema with disappearance of sulcal relief, and 5: global edema with basal cisterns effacement. ICP and Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) were correlated to edema formation. Median ICP values were 12.0, 14.0, 14.9, 18.2, and 25.9 mm Hg in grades 1-5, respectively. Edema grading significantly correlated with ICP (r = .51; P < .0001) in focal and global cerebral edema, particularly in patients with TBI, SAH, and ICH (r = .5, P < .001; r = .5; P < .0001; r = .6, P < .0001, respectively). At discharge, 23.7% of patients achieved a GOS of 5 or 4, 65.0% reached a GOS of 3 or 2, and 11.9% died (GOS 1). CT-score of cerebral edema in all patients correlated with outcome (r = -.3, P = .046). The proposed CT-based grading of extent of cerebral edema significantly correlated with ICP and outcome in TBI, SAH, and ICH patients and might be helpful for standardized description of CT-images and as parameter for clinical studies, for example, measuring effects of antiedematous therapies.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Brain edema after acute cerebral lesions may lead to raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and worsen outcome. Notwithstanding, no CT-based scoring system to quantify edema formation exists. This retrospective correlative analysis aimed to establish a valid and definite CT score quantifying brain edema after common acute cerebral lesions.
METHODS
A total of 169 CT investigations in 60 patients were analyzed: traumatic brain injury (TBI; n = 47), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH; n = 70), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH; n = 42), and ischemic stroke (n = 10). Edema formation was classified as 0: no edema, 1: focal edema confined to 1 lobe, 2: unilateral edema > 1 lobe, 3: bilateral edema, 4: global edema with disappearance of sulcal relief, and 5: global edema with basal cisterns effacement. ICP and Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) were correlated to edema formation.
RESULTS
Median ICP values were 12.0, 14.0, 14.9, 18.2, and 25.9 mm Hg in grades 1-5, respectively. Edema grading significantly correlated with ICP (r = .51; P < .0001) in focal and global cerebral edema, particularly in patients with TBI, SAH, and ICH (r = .5, P < .001; r = .5; P < .0001; r = .6, P < .0001, respectively). At discharge, 23.7% of patients achieved a GOS of 5 or 4, 65.0% reached a GOS of 3 or 2, and 11.9% died (GOS 1). CT-score of cerebral edema in all patients correlated with outcome (r = -.3, P = .046).
CONCLUSION
The proposed CT-based grading of extent of cerebral edema significantly correlated with ICP and outcome in TBI, SAH, and ICH patients and might be helpful for standardized description of CT-images and as parameter for clinical studies, for example, measuring effects of antiedematous therapies.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
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© 2020 American Society of Neuroimaging.
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