Ischaemic stroke complications: classification
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Ischaemic stroke complications: classification. Haemorrhagic transformation, Malignant brain oedema (MBE). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Major stroke complications: with dedicated neurochecklists
- Haemorrhagic transformation
- Malignant brain oedema (MBE)
- Recurrent stroke
- Post-stroke seizures
- Persistent post stroke headache (PPSH)
- Post stroke recrudescence (PSR)
Major stroke complications: others
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Other neurological complications
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Post-stroke psychosis: types
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Neuropsychiatric complications: others
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Cardiorespiratory complications
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Systemic complications
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References
- Paciaroni M, Agnelli G, Corea F, et al. Early haemorrhagic transportation of brain infarction: rate, predictive factors, and influence on clinical outcome: results of a prospective multicenter study. Stroke 2008; 39:2249-2256.
- Amarenco P, Sissani L, Labreuche J, et al; PERFORM and PRoFESS Committees and Investigators. The Intracranial-B2LEED3S Score and the risk of intracranial hemorrhage in ischemic stroke patients under antiplatelet treatment. Cerebrovasc Dis 2017; 43:145-151.
- Hilkens NA, Greving JP, Algra A, Klijn CJ. Blood pressure levels and the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage after ischemic stroke. Neurology 2017; 88:177-181.
- Lai J, Harrison RA, Plecash A, Field TS. A narrative review of persistent post-stroke headache - a new entry in the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd Edition. Headache 2018; 58:1442-1453.
- Topcuoglu MA, Saka E, Silverman SB, Schwamm LH, Singhal AB. Recrudescence of deficits after stroke: clinical and imaging phenotype, triggers, and risk factors. JAMA Neurol 2017; 74:1048-1055.
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