====== Hemorrhage ====== ====Neurosurgical Types==== By Localization see [[Cephalohematoma]] see [[Intracranial hemorrhage]] see [[Spinal hemorrhage]] see [[Subarachnoid hemorrhage]] ---- see [[Postoperative hemorrhage]] Hemorrhage volume is a powerful predictor of 30-day mortality after [[spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage]] (ICH). We compared a bedside method of measuring CT ICH volume with measurements made by computer-assisted planimetric image analysis. The formula ABC/2 was used, where A is the greatest hemorrhage diameter by CT, B is the diameter 90 degrees to A, and C is the approximate number of CT slices with hemorrhage multiplied by the slice thickness. The ICH volumes for 118 patients were evaluated in a mean of 38 seconds and correlated with planimetric measurements (R2 = 9.6). Interrater and intrarater reliability were excellent, with an intraclass correlation of .99 for both. Kothari et al., conclude that ICH volume can be accurately estimated in less than 1 minute with the simple formula ABC/2 ((Kothari RU, Brott T, Broderick JP, Barsan WG, Sauerbeck LR, Zuccarello M, Khoury J. The ABCs of measuring intracerebral hemorrhage volumes. Stroke. 1996 Aug;27(8):1304-5. PubMed PMID: 8711791. )).