Published online before print June 14, 2007, doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484360
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(Stroke. 2007;38:2315.)
© 2007 American Heart Association, Inc.
Original Contributions |
Prognostic Factors for Outcome in Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
From the Neurocritical Care and Acute Stroke Program, Department of Neurology (A.J.R.), the Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery (A.J.R., K.E.S.), the Department of Health Studies (J.T.), University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Ill; the Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto (R.L.M.), and the Keenan Research Center in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital (R.L.M.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Correspondence to R. Loch Macdonald, MD, PhD, Head, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8. E-mail macdonaldlo{at}smh.toronto.on.ca
Background and Purpose— The purpose of this study was to describe prognostic factors for outcome in a large series of patients undergoing neurosurgical clipping of aneurysms after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
Methods— Data were analyzed from 3567 patients with aneurysmal SAH enrolled in 4 randomized clinical trials between 1991 and 1997. The primary outcome measure was the Glasgow outcome scale 3 months after SAH. Multivariable logistic regression with backwards selection and Cox proportional hazards regression models were derived to define independent predictors of unfavorable outcome.
Results— In multivariable analysis, unfavorable outcome was associated with increasing age, worsening neurological grade, ruptured posterior circulation aneurysm, larger aneurysm size, more SAH on admission computed tomography, intracerebral hematoma or intraventricular hemorrhage, elevated systolic blood pressure on admission, and previous diagnosis of hypertension, myocardial infarction, liver disease, or SAH. Variables present during hospitalization associated with poor outcome were temperature >38°C 8 days after SAH, use of anticonvulsants, symptomatic vasospasm, and cerebral infarction. Use of prophylactic or therapeutic hypervolemia or prophylactic-induced hypertension were associated with a lower risk of unfavorable outcome. Time from admission to surgery was significant in some models. Factors that contributed most to variation in outcome, in descending order of importance, were cerebral infarction, neurological grade, age, temperature on day 8, intraventricular hemorrhage, vasospasm, SAH, intracerebral hematoma, and history of hypertension.
Conclusions— Although most prognostic factors for outcome after SAH are present on admission and are not modifiable, a substantial contribution to outcome is made by factors developing after admission and which may be more easily influenced by treatment.
Key Words: cerebral infarction • outcome • subarachnoid hemorrhage • vasospasm
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