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Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage is a neurologic emergency characterized by the extravasation of blood into the spaces covering the central nervous system that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid. The leading cause of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage is rupture of an intracranial aneurysm, which accounts for about 80 percent of cases and has a high rate of death and complications.¹ Nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, including isolated perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage, occurs in about 20 percent of cases and carries a good prognosis with uncommon neurologic complications.² This review focuses on aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

As many as 46 percent of survivors of subarachnoid hemorrhage may have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Diagnosis

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General Therapy

Treatment Options for Aneurysms

Management of Complications

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From the Departments of Neurology (J.I.S.), Radiology (R.W.T.), and Neurosurgery (W.R.S.), University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Suarez at the Department of Neurology, Neurosciences Critical Care and Cerebrovascular Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, or at jose.suarez@uhhs.com.

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Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Storrow A. B., Wrenn K., de Gans K., Vergouwen M. D., Roos Y. B., Sherlock M., Agha A., Thompson C. J., Tritos N. A., Suarez J. I., Tarr R. W., Selman W. R.
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