Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke and Neurocritical Care

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is bleeding within the brain parenchymal tissue itself and it is a life-threatening type of stroke. Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the second most common cause of stroke, forming 15–30% of all strokes and it is a deadly form of stroke. Blood vessels carry blood to and from the brain tissue; arteries or veins can rupture either from abnormally high blood pressure, abnormal development from birth, or degeneration due to age or due to injury.