Prevention of brain ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Measures to prevent ischemic stroke after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage include management of fluids to avoid dehydration, use of calcium entry blocking drugs, and when necessary, therapy with drug-induced hypertension and hypervolemic hemodilution. Promising treatments that may also prove to be effective include 21-aminosteroids, intrathecal thrombolytic therapy, and transluminal angioplasty.
Adams
H P
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Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
D000818:Animals; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006438:Hemodilution / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*
D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers