Title: Predicting ICH Expansion<br/>Author: WanTsu Wendy Chang<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/1322/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?-->
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CT angiography (CTA) spot sign is a strong predictor of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) expansion.</li>
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However, since CTA is not part of the routine diagnostic workup of acute ICH, other predictors using noncontrast head CT have been reported in the past.</li>
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A 5-point BAT score can be used to identify patients at high risk of hematoma expansion:</li>
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<u><strong>Patients with a score ≥ 3 have a higher risk of hematoma expansion</strong></u><strong>. </strong></li>
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<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?-->Morotti A, Dowlatshahi D, Boulouis G, et al. Predicting intracerebral hemorrhage expansion with noncontrast computed tomography: The BAT score. Stroke 2018;49(5):1163-9. </p>
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