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Is EVD Needed For A Woman With Brain Stem Haemorrhage?

Hi, My mom had a brain stem Hemorrhage day before yesterday night. She is in ICU now. MRI report says there is no severe vain damage and there is no further hemorrhage. Situation is the same till now. She is unconscious and on ventilation. Is EVD needed soon?
Tue, 5 Aug 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

EVD (external ventricular drain) is needed if there is blood in the ventricles or if there is dilatation of ventricles. Based on the information provided by you, we are not sure whether she has any of the above two situations.

For brainstem bleed as such, EVD is not needed.

Please upload a report of CT scan of brain. Then, we would be able to advise regarding the need of EVD and also the likely outcome.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Is EVD Needed For A Woman With Brain Stem Haemorrhage?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. EVD (external ventricular drain) is needed if there is blood in the ventricles or if there is dilatation of ventricles. Based on the information provided by you, we are not sure whether she has any of the above two situations. For brainstem bleed as such, EVD is not needed. Please upload a report of CT scan of brain. Then, we would be able to advise regarding the need of EVD and also the likely outcome. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in