Can brain natriuretic peptide, S100b, and interleukin-6 prognosticate the neurological consequences in Egyptian patients presented with supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage?

BACKGROUND

Biomarkers in supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) enhance the prognosis of the disease. This study aimed to assess the prognosticative grade of S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and the pro-brain natriuretic peptide (pro-BNP) in SICH outcome prediction.

METHODS

Blood samples of 50 SICH patients were analyzed for the biomarkers. The patients were classified into two groups with and without intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). The following scales including Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), the Barthel index (BI), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score, ICH volume, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Modified Rankin Score (mRS), and length of stay were used to evaluate the severity.

RESULTS

The severity scores (NIHSS, GCS, BI, mRI) were significantly higher in SICH patients with IVH versus SICH patients without IVH ( = 0.002, 0.008, 0.001, and 0.03, respectively). Serum levels for a pro-BNP and S100b are significantly higher in SICH patients with IVH versus SICH patients without IVH ( = 0.02 and 0.027, respectively). Multivariate correlations between demographic (age), biomarkers panel (IL-6, S100b, and proBNP), and clinical and severity scores (ICH score, ICH volume, length of hospital stay [LOS], BI, mRS, GCS, and NIHSSS) in all studied patients showed a highly significant correlation between ICH score and pro-BNP ( = 0.04). There was a highly significant correlation between LOS and IL-6 ( = 0.003).

CONCLUSION

Pro-BNP, IL-6, and S100b are greatly associated with the presence of IVH that, in turn, correlated well with poor clinical outcome measures.