Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Initial Management
SAH initial management includes: resuscitation; specific treatment; supportive care and monitoring; disposition
SAH initial management includes: resuscitation; specific treatment; supportive care and monitoring; disposition
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Prognostication - some factors are modifiable; mortality rates currently ~35%; 15% die prior to reaching hospital; 8-20% long-term dependence
Vasospasm in SAH: vasospasm = dynamic narrowing of vessels due to a radiological diagnosis; delayed neurological deterioration (DND) is clinically detected neurological deterioration after stabilisation not due to re-bleeding, may be due to multiple other causes; delayed cerebral ischaemia (DCI) is any neurological deterioration >1 hour that presumed due to ischemia, and other causes excluded