[Clinical analysis of the patients with hemodialysis associated with intracerebral hematoma].

We treated 64 hemodialysis patients with cerebral hemorrhage over an 18-year period between 1986 and 2003. Clinical features, prognostic factors, and therapeutic strategy were reviewed in these cases. Thirty of the cases were in the 13-year period between 1986 and 1998, and 34 cases, in the 5-year period between 1999 and 2003. In recent years, the incidence of cerebral hemorrhage has risen with the increase in the number of hemodialysis patients. There were 21 patients with at least a 10-year history of hemodialysis. The underlying cause of renal failure was diabetic nephropathy in 25 patients and glomerulonephritis in 24 patients. The most frequent sites of bleeding were the basal ganglia and thalamus, the cerebellum being involved in only one patient. Many patients had severe bleeding with hematomas greater than 61 ml. Outcome assessment by the Glasgow Outcome Scale showed 24 patients with good recovery, 8 with moderate disability, 4 with severe disability, and 28 who died. Good recovery was seen more often in patients in their 50s and 60s, whereas death occurred more often in patients aged 70 and older. Although there is now less morbidity than previously, the prognosis is not uniformly favorable in all cases. Factors associated with a poorer prognosis included mixed hemorrhage, hematomas greater than 61 ml, and age 70 and older. Hematoma size and age were particularly important prognostic factors. Improved management and prognosis in these patients requires acute intensive treatment similar to that for hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage.