Hospital stay after cerebral haemorrhage

Introduction and objectives. Patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) make up 10-12% of the total number of patients admitted to hospital. In this paper we evaluate the period of time during which the maximum benefit is obtained by a patient with this type of ictus. Development and conclusions. We therefore review the aetiology, physiopathological course and complications of HIC in older to better understand the circumstances which affect the average hospital stay and identify the factors which can be acted upon and when to do so. We conclude that the average hospital stay does not depend on the type of ictus, in the sense of whether it is ischaemic or haemorrhagic, but on its severity which mainly depends on the size of the lesion. We find no justification for a patient with ICH spending more time in hospital than one with an ischaemic ictus, except where it is suspected that a cerebral aneurysm is the cause of the haemorrhage.