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Hematoma

MedGen UID:
5484
•Concept ID:
C0018944
•
Pathologic Function
Synonym: Hematomas
SNOMED CT: Hematoma (385494008); Hematoma (35566002)

Definition

A localized collection of blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space, or tissue, due to a break in the wall of a blood vessel. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Isselbacher EM, Preventza O, Hamilton Black J 3rd, Augoustides JG, Beck AW, Bolen MA, Braverman AC, Bray BE, Brown-Zimmerman MM, Chen EP, Collins TJ, DeAnda A Jr, Fanola CL, Girardi LN, Hicks CW, Hui DS, Schuyler Jones W, Kalahasti V, Kim KM, Milewicz DM, Oderich GS, Ogbechie L, Promes SB, Gyang Ross E, Schermerhorn ML, Singleton Times S, Tseng EE, Wang GJ, Woo YJ
Circulation 2022 Dec 13;146(24):e334-e482. Epub 2022 Nov 2 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001106. PMID: 36322642Free PMC Article
Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management.
Vallejo MC, Zakowski MI
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2022 May;36(1):179-189. Epub 2022 Jan 25 doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2022.01.002. PMID: 35659954
Intracerebral hemorrhage: an update on diagnosis and treatment.
Hostettler IC, Seiffge DJ, Werring DJ
Expert Rev Neurother 2019 Jul;19(7):679-694. Epub 2019 Jun 12 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2019.1623671. PMID: 31188036

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Regional Anesthesia Complications and Contraindications.
Shams D, Sachse K, Statzer N, Gupta RK
Clin Sports Med 2022 Apr;41(2):329-343. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2021.11.006. PMID: 35300844
Postoperative Epidural Hematoma.
Djurasovic M, Campion C, Dimar JR 2nd, Glassman SD, Gum JL
Orthop Clin North Am 2022 Jan;53(1):113-121. Epub 2021 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2021.08.006. PMID: 34799017
Traumatic Epidural and Subdural Hematoma: Epidemiology, Outcome, and Dating.
Aromatario M, Torsello A, D'Errico S, Bertozzi G, Sessa F, Cipolloni L, Baldari B
Medicina (Kaunas) 2021 Feb 1;57(2) doi: 10.3390/medicina57020125. PMID: 33535407Free PMC Article
Recent advances in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
Garg R, Biller J
F1000Res 2019;8 Epub 2019 Mar 18 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.16357.1. PMID: 30906532Free PMC Article
Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Epidemiology and Natural History.
Yang W, Huang J
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2017 Apr;28(2):205-210. Epub 2017 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2016.11.002. PMID: 28325454

Diagnosis

Postoperative Epidural Hematoma.
Djurasovic M, Campion C, Dimar JR 2nd, Glassman SD, Gum JL
Orthop Clin North Am 2022 Jan;53(1):113-121. Epub 2021 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2021.08.006. PMID: 34799017
Infected Septal Hematoma.
Bartholomew RA, Mohan S, Keamy DG Jr
J Pediatr 2022 Feb;241:260-261. Epub 2021 Sep 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.09.027. PMID: 34560094
Post-Traumatic Hematoma.
Graham P
Orthop Nurs 2019 May/Jun;38(3):214-216. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000559. PMID: 31124875
Subdural Hematoma.
Gillett G
Camb Q Healthc Ethics 2017 Oct;26(4):527-529. doi: 10.1017/S0963180117000068. PMID: 28937338
Spinal epidural hematoma.
Al-Mutair A, Bednar DA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2010 Aug;18(8):494-502. doi: 10.5435/00124635-201008000-00006. PMID: 20675642

Therapy

Treatment of Inguinal Hernia: Systematic Review and Updated Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Aiolfi A, Cavalli M, Ferraro SD, Manfredini L, Bonitta G, Bruni PG, Bona D, Campanelli G
Ann Surg 2021 Dec 1;274(6):954-961. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004735. PMID: 33427757
Trial of Dexamethasone for Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
Hutchinson PJ, Edlmann E, Bulters D, Zolnourian A, Holton P, Suttner N, Agyemang K, Thomson S, Anderson IA, Al-Tamimi YZ, Henderson D, Whitfield PC, Gherle M, Brennan PM, Allison A, Thelin EP, Tarantino S, Pantaleo B, Caldwell K, Davis-Wilkie C, Mee H, Warburton EA, Barton G, Chari A, Marcus HJ, King AT, Belli A, Myint PK, Wilkinson I, Santarius T, Turner C, Bond S, Kolias AG; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative; Dex-CSDH Trial Collaborators
N Engl J Med 2020 Dec 31;383(27):2616-2627. Epub 2020 Dec 16 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2020473. PMID: 33326713
Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain.
Mu J, Furlan AD, Lam WY, Hsu MY, Ning Z, Lao L
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Dec 11;12(12):CD013814. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013814. PMID: 33306198Free PMC Article
Complications of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: Prevention and management.
Balami JS, White PM, McMeekin PJ, Ford GA, Buchan AM
Int J Stroke 2018 Jun;13(4):348-361. Epub 2017 Nov 24 doi: 10.1177/1747493017743051. PMID: 29171362
Acute Aortic Dissection and Intramural Hematoma: A Systematic Review.
Mussa FF, Horton JD, Moridzadeh R, Nicholson J, Trimarchi S, Eagle KA
JAMA 2016 Aug 16;316(7):754-63. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.10026. PMID: 27533160

Prognosis

Postoperative Epidural Hematoma.
Djurasovic M, Campion C, Dimar JR 2nd, Glassman SD, Gum JL
Orthop Clin North Am 2022 Jan;53(1):113-121. Epub 2021 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2021.08.006. PMID: 34799017
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
Alerhand S, Lay C
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2017 Nov;35(4):825-845. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2017.07.002. PMID: 28987431
Membranectomy in Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Meta-Analysis.
Sahyouni R, Mahboubi H, Tran P, Roufail JS, Chen JW
World Neurosurg 2017 Aug;104:418-429. Epub 2017 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.030. PMID: 28512051Free PMC Article
Surgical management of traumatic acute subdural hematoma in adults: a review.
Karibe H, Hayashi T, Hirano T, Kameyama M, Nakagawa A, Tominaga T
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2014;54(11):887-94. Epub 2014 Oct 31 doi: 10.2176/nmc.cr.2014-0204. PMID: 25367584Free PMC Article
Cardiac rupture.
Gulalp B, Karagun O, Tekin A, Benli S
J Emerg Med 2013 Jan;44(1):58-60. Epub 2012 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.128. PMID: 22305150

Clinical prediction guides

Different criteria for defining "spot sign" in intracerebral hemorrhage show different abilities to predict hematoma expansion and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lei C, Geng J, Qi Z, Zhong L
Neurosurg Rev 2021 Dec;44(6):3059-3068. Epub 2021 Feb 19 doi: 10.1007/s10143-021-01503-7. PMID: 33608829
Diagnosing Aortic Intramural Hematoma: Current Perspectives.
Ferrera C, Vilacosta I, Cabeza B, Cobiella J, Martínez I, Saiz-Pardo Sanz M, Bustos A, Serrano FJ, Maroto L
Vasc Health Risk Manag 2020;16:203-213. Epub 2020 Jun 8 doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S193967. PMID: 32606717Free PMC Article
Achenbach syndrome (paroxysmal finger hematoma).
Godoy A, Tabares AH
Vasc Med 2019 Aug;24(4):361-366. Epub 2019 Jun 4 doi: 10.1177/1358863X19849627. PMID: 31159682
Imaging-based outcome prediction in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
Sporns PB, Kemmling A, Minnerup J, Hanning U, Heindel W
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2018 Aug;160(8):1663-1670. Epub 2018 Jun 26 doi: 10.1007/s00701-018-3605-x. PMID: 29943191
The role of imaging in aortic dissection and related syndromes.
Baliga RR, Nienaber CA, Bossone E, Oh JK, Isselbacher EM, Sechtem U, Fattori R, Raman SV, Eagle KA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2014 Apr;7(4):406-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.10.015. PMID: 24742892

Recent systematic reviews

Subchorionic hematoma and risk of preterm delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Yan X, Xu H, Li J, Xu Z, Niu Y, Wang Y
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2023 Jan;5(1):100791. Epub 2022 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100791. PMID: 36328350
Middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ironside N, Nguyen C, Do Q, Ugiliweneza B, Chen CJ, Sieg EP, James RF, Ding D
J Neurointerv Surg 2021 Oct;13(10):951-957. Epub 2021 Jun 30 doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017352. PMID: 34193592
Treatment of Inguinal Hernia: Systematic Review and Updated Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Aiolfi A, Cavalli M, Ferraro SD, Manfredini L, Bonitta G, Bruni PG, Bona D, Campanelli G
Ann Surg 2021 Dec 1;274(6):954-961. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004735. PMID: 33427757
Acute Aortic Dissection and Intramural Hematoma: A Systematic Review.
Mussa FF, Horton JD, Moridzadeh R, Nicholson J, Trimarchi S, Eagle KA
JAMA 2016 Aug 16;316(7):754-63. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.10026. PMID: 27533160
Recommendation for a definition of acute symptomatic seizure.
Beghi E, Carpio A, Forsgren L, Hesdorffer DC, Malmgren K, Sander JW, Tomson T, Hauser WA
Epilepsia 2010 Apr;51(4):671-5. Epub 2009 Sep 3 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02285.x. PMID: 19732133

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