Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
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Comparative Study
Amount of blood on computed tomography as an independent predictor after aneurysm rupture.
After admission to the hospital of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, we assessed the predictive value of the extent of the hemorrhage on computed tomography in addition to that of clinical grading scales for poor outcome, infarction, and rebleeding. ⋯ The total amount of subarachnoid blood on the initial computed tomogram has independent predictive power for the occurrence of delayed cerebral ischemia.