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Intracerebral Hemorrhage Guideline Update Issued


 

“ICH is an extraordinarily deadly disease. Forty percent or more of people are going to be dead in a month, and half of those deaths occur in the first couple of days.” But one of the things we want to make certain doesn't happen is people saying 'it's a pretty big hemorrhage so we're just going to let the person go' without really seeing what they can do in the first 24-hour window.”

'What's important for right now is that use of factor VII should only be done in the context of a clinical trial.' DR. BRODERICK

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