Assessment of systemic cellular inflammatory response after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

Objective: After spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) a local and systemic inflammatory response is activated. Interleukin-6 (IL) is one of most relevant orchestrators of inflammatory responses in the brain and is released from multiple immune cells, including neutrophils. Herby we assessed the relevance of systemic inflammation in patients suffering ICH.