Clinical Outcomes and Predictors of Poor Prognosis in Non-aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A 10-Year Cohort Analysis

João Nogueira, Bernardo Meireles, Renato Pereira, Pedro Ribeiro, Renata Marques, Miguel Afonso Filipe, Frederica Coimbra · 2024

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Joao Nogueira and co-authors reviewed ten years of cases of bleeding around the brain with no burst vessel found, in a 2024 study. Most such bleeds come from a burst aneurysm, but in a fair share no cause is found. The no-cause form is thought to run a milder course, yet hard outcomes still occur. The team gathered one hundred forty-nine patients treated from 2014 to 2023.

Most patients did well, with about nine in ten reaching a good outcome score. Older age, long-term high blood pressure, and blood-thinning drugs each raised the risk of a poor result. A mild grade on a severity scale also tracked with better outcomes. The poor-outcome group mostly showed a wider spread of blood on scans. Rebleeding was rare, seen in just one case, while fluid buildup in the brain was the chief complication.

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CREATORJoão Nogueira, Bernardo Meireles, Renato Pereira, Pedro Ribeiro, Renata Marques, Miguel Afonso Filipe, Frederica Coimbra
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE23 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11724691

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