Neuroimaging Cases 006
Subarachnoid haemorrhage. Neuroimaging case series. Images, text and cases collated by Teresa Crow MD (Emergency Medicine) and L. Erin Miller MD (Neurosurgery)
Tag Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
CT Case 022
A 40-year-old female, is brought into ED with an abrupt onset of reduced level of consciousness. She had been experiencing several days of headache prior to presentation.
CT Case 016
A 55-year-old lady presents with an abrupt drop in GCS following a severe occipital headache and vomiting for the preceding 24 hours.
CT Case 004
A 70-year-old female presents with 12 hours duration of headache and progressive drowsiness. A CT brain is performed
William E. Hunt
William Edward Hunt (1921 - 1999) was an American neurologist and neurosurgeon. He is eponymous with the ophthalmologic entity Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, and the Hunt-Hess classification for intracranial haemorrhages.
Robert Hess
Robert McDonald Hess Jr (1931 – 2019). Hess, alongside his mentor William Hunt, is eponymous with the Hunt-Hess Scale.
ECG Case 113
65 year old male who was brought to the Emergency Department following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
ECG Case 102
22 year old female presents with sudden onset of severe occipital headache. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Patient Hot Case
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Patient Hot Case
Monitoring in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
Monitoring in the critically ill subarachnoid haemorrhage patient is primarily to detect vasospasm.
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Complications
SAH Complications including Neurological deterioration; Seizures; Hyponatremia; Cardiac complications; Re-bleeding; Vasospasm
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Grading Systems
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Grading Systems: GCS; Hunt and Hess; WFNS; Fisher; Claassen; Ogilvy and Carter