Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg · May 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyPredictors of good functional outcomes and mortality in patients with severe rebleeding after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Aneurysmal rebleeding is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH); however, limited data on severity of rebleeding and outcomes after severe rebleeding are available. We aimed to determine predictors of good outcome and mortality after severe rebleeding. ⋯ A better clinical condition after rebleeding were independently associated with good outcome and inversely associated with morality after severe rebleeding. Despite high mortality of rebleeding, patients with WFNS grade IV treated with aggressive treatment were more likely to have good outcomes regardless of their condition before rebleeding.