Table 5.

The relationship between postmortem neuropathological findings and the immediate cause of death

Cause of death (autopsy diagnosis)	Postmortem neuropathological findings
	Ischaemic lesions N=222	Haemorrhagic transformation of an infarct N=99	Parenchymal haemorrhage N=172	Subarachnoid haemorrhage N=41
Herniation (eg, due to haemorrhagic transformation of an infarct or expansion of bleeding)	31	18	118	32
Cardiorespiratory insufficiency	44	23	14	2
Myocardial infarction	11	4	4	0
Pneumonia	81	31	24	6
Pulmonary embolism	55	22	12	1
Sepsis	0	1	0	0