title: Grading and outcome prediction of cases of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage by bedside xenon cerebral blood flowmetry.
abstract: Ninety-six patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage underwent serial measurement of regional cerebral blood flow throughout the period of their treatment over the period of 5 years (1983 to 1988). A portable bedside xenon cerebral blood flow machine was used in this study and the initial slope index (ISI) values showed a clear relationship between reduction of cerebral blood flow and deteriorating clinical grade. Furthermore, serial measurements showed a statistically significant relationship between drop of cerebral blood flow, at anytime during the course of the disease, and fatal or less than satisfactory outcome.
authors.affiliation: Cough Cooper Department, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, U.K.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kotb
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Symon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jabre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate; D014978:Xenon
chemical_list: D014978:Xenon