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ArticleActa neurochirurgica2021

Clinical condition of 120 patients alive at 3 years after poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Anniina H Autio, Juho Paavola, Joona Tervonen, Maarit Lång, Terhi J Huuskonen, Jukka Huttunen, Virve Kärkkäinen, Mikael von Und Zu Fraunberg, Antti E Lindgren, Timo Koivisto and 2 more

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12 authors.

Anniina H AutioNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland. anniaut@uef.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6390-6059
Juho PaavolaNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Joona TervonenNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Maarit LångNeurointensive Care Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Terhi J HuuskonenNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Jukka HuttunenNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Virve KärkkäinenNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Mikael von Und Zu FraunbergNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Antti E LindgrenNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Timo KoivistoNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Juha E JääskeläinenNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.
Olli-Pekka KämäräinenNeurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo study the clinical condition of poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) patients alive at 3 years after neurointensive care.

methodsOf the 769 consecutive aSAH patients from a defined population (2005-2015), 269 (35%) were in poor condition on admission: 145 (54%) with H&H 4 and 124 (46%) with H&H 5. Their clinical lifelines were re-constructed from the Kuopio Intracranial Aneurysm Database and Finnish nationwide registries. Of the 269 patients, 155 (58%) were alive at 14 days, 125 (46%) at 12 months, and 120 (45%) at 3 years.

resultsThe 120 H&H 4-5 patients alive at 3 years form the final study population. On admission, 73% had H&H 4 but only 27% H&H 5, 59% intracerebral hematoma (ICH; median 22 cm

conclusionsOf poor-grade aSAH patients, 45% were alive at 3 years, even 27% of those extending to pain (H&H 5). Of the survivors, 75% were at least in moderate condition, while only 2.6% ended in hospice care. Consequently, we propose non-selected admission to neurointensive care (1) for a possibility of moderate outcome, and (2), in case of brain death, possibly improved organ donation rates.

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AdultAgedDatabases, FactualFemaleFinlandHumansIntracranial AneurysmMaleMiddle AgedNeurosurgical ProceduresPostoperative ComplicationsRegistriesSubarachnoid HemorrhageAneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageHunt and Hess scale 4–5Long-term outcomeModified Rankin Scale

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PMCPMC7904392

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