Loss of Consciousness at Onset of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is Associated with Functional Outcomes in Good-Grade Patients

Wang, Justin; Alotaibi, Naif M; Akbar, Muhammad Ali; Ayling, Oliver G S; Ibrahim, George M; Macdonald, R Loch; Schaller, Karl Lothard

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.099

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English

Loss of Consciousness at Onset of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is Associated with Functional Outcomes in Good-Grade Patients

ContributorsWang, Justin; Alotaibi, Naif M; Akbar, Muhammad Ali; Ayling, Oliver G S; Ibrahim, George M; Macdonald, R Loch; Schaller, Karl Lothard

Published inWorld Neurosurgery, vol. 98, p. 308-313

Publication date2017

Abstract

Transient loss of consciousness (LOC) is one of the most common presentations of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and may be an indicator of early brain injury. In this study, we examined the association of LOC and functional outcomes in patients with good-grade SAH.

Keywords

Adult
Cohort Studies
Databases
Factual/trends
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Recovery of Function
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/diagnosis/epidemiology/physiopathology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Unconsciousness/diagnosis/epidemiology/physiopathology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques

Research groups

Groupe Schaller Karl Lothard (neurochirurgie) (851)

Citation (ISO format)

WANG, Justin et al. Loss of Consciousness at Onset of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is Associated with Functional Outcomes in Good-Grade Patients. In: World Neurosurgery, 2017, vol. 98, p. 308–313. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.099

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:112443
DOI : 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.099
PMID : 27818312

Journal ISSN1878-8750

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Loss of Consciousness at Onset of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is Associated with Functional Outcomes in Good-Grade Patients

Transient loss of consciousness (LOC) is one of the most common presentations of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and may be an indicator of early brain injury. In this study, we examined the association of LOC and functional outcomes in patients with good-grade SAH.

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