Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Jul 2011
Incidence, treatment, and case-fatality of non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage in the Netherlands.
Non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating disorder and in the majority of cases it is caused by rupture of an intracranial aneurysm. No actual data are available on the incidence of non-traumatic SAH and aneursymal SAH (aSAH) in the Netherlands and little is known about treatment patterns of aSAH. Our purpose was therefore to assess the incidence, treatment patterns, and case-fatality of non-traumatic (a)SAH within the Dutch general population. ⋯ Non-traumatic SAH is a rare disease with substantial case-fatality; rates in the Netherlands are similar to other countries. Case-fatality is also similar as well as age and sex patterns in incidence.
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Jul 2011
Risk factors for late-onset seizures related to cerebral contusions in adults with a moderate traumatic brain injury.
This prospective study compares the characteristics of patients with a moderately severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cerebral contusions who develop late-onset seizures to those who do not. ⋯ Seizures after non-complicated cerebral contusions are difficult to treat. Vascular risk factors and alcohol abuse may also predispose to their occurrence. The EEG findings after the TBI are highly predictive.