Life (Apr 2021)

Development of the Cerebrospinal Fluid in Early Stage after Hemorrhage in the Central Nervous System

  • Petr Kelbich,
  • Aleš Hejčl,
  • Jan Krejsek,
  • Tomáš Radovnický,
  • Inka Matuchová,
  • Jan Lodin,
  • Jan Špička,
  • Martin Sameš,
  • Jan Procházka,
  • Eva Hanuljaková,
  • Petr Vachata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/life11040300
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 4
p. 300

Abstract

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Extravasation of blood in the central nervous system (CNS) represents a very strong damaged associated molecular patterns (DAMP) which is followed by rapid inflammation and can participate in worse outcome of patients. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 139 patients after the CNS hemorrhage. We compared 109 survivors (Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) 5-3) and 30 patients with poor outcomes (GOS 2-1). Statistical evaluations were performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the Mann–Whitney U test. Almost the same numbers of erythrocytes in both subgroups appeared in days 0–3 (p = 0.927) and a significant increase in patients with GOS 2-1 in days 7–10 after the hemorrhage (p = 0.004) revealed persistence of extravascular blood in the CNS as an adverse factor. We assess 43.3% of patients with GOS 2-1 and only 27.5% of patients with GOS 5-3 with low values of the coefficient of energy balance (KEB p = 0.008) as the evidence of immediate simultaneously manifested intensive inflammation, swelling of the brain and elevation of intracranial pressure.

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